In a press release addressed to ERIC Director Shane Hamlin, the state of Missouri chief election authority terminated their relationship with ERIC on March 6th, 2023. John Ascroft addressed five major points in announcing their dissatisfaction with the system that was supposed to make elections better and more accurate through the use of clean voter rolls.
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For several months Missouri has been leading other states in an effort to reform the ERIC system by addressing significant concerns and implementing changes in ERIC.
“We have worked hard over the last several years to implement procedures that will make Missouri elections better, voter rolls more accurate, and bring greater trust to the election process,” Ashcroft said. “Voter confidence is compromised when individuals vote in more than one state and nothing is done. It appears that ERIC will not make the necessary changes to address these concerns, therefore, it is time to move on.”
More states will likely follow as the need for safe and secure elections continue to be the number one priority for those who are carefully scrutinizing election processes.