Since 2022, nine states where Republican officials administer elections have quit a nonprofit, nonpartisan consortium that helps keep voter rolls up to date through interstate data exchange. They did so amid pressure from former president Donald Trump, who claimed in March that the consortium “pumps the rolls” for Democrats. Consequently, voter rolls in those states are less accurate, and it’s becoming harder to detect the small number of people who improperly vote in multiple states. Indeed, as 2024 begins, these same election officials find themselves spending taxpayer dollars to re-create the very tools that the system they abandoned had provided.
It’s all part of the plan. These R states exit ERIC, their voter data gets completely fucked, and then they say “look at how fucked up our voter data is! We need to do a massive purge of our voter rolls!” And then they proceed to purge everyone in blue and purple counties. Rinse and repeat until there are no statewide democrats.