{"id":228,"date":"2023-07-20T20:54:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T20:54:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:54:04","slug":"common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Texas Statement on Texas Leaving Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)"},"template":"","class_list":["post-228","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Withdrawing Texas from ERIC early and without a tested alternative is a dangerous and unnecessary distraction to improving voting access. ","featured_image":"","press_type":153,"authors":[null],"related_issues":[115,406],"related_work":false,"location":52},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday, the Texas Secretary of State\u2019s office <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gettinviggy\/status\/1682105534671880192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Texas\u2019 early resignation from ERIC, the interstate voter registration crosscheck compact. Senate Bill 1070 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passed in the final days of Texas\u2019 88th legislative session <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows Texas to leave ERIC and change the requirements for what type of private or public system is used, but today\u2019s announcement moves up the state\u2019s exit more than a month before the law goes into effect on September 1.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No verified or tested alternative currently exists for Texas to use if ERIC is no longer available.\u00a0 A copy of the letter announcing the resignation is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23883050-file_8020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Late amendments added to SB1070 requires that the system:<\/span>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comply with the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act, and all state and federal laws relating to the protection of personal.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Private vendors must require a background check for each employee of a potential vendor for the system.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h3><\/h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statement from<\/span><b> Katya Ehresman, voting rights program manager at Common Cause Texas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWithdrawing Texas from ERIC early and without a tested alternative is a dangerous and unnecessary distraction from what our state\u2019s chief elections officer should be doing: making it easier to exercise our right to vote. Deploying partisan tactics like this only stands to scare people away from the ballot box and doesn\u2019t do anything to strengthen the security of our state\u2019s elections.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s action is exacerbated by the fact that Texas remains one of just seven states living behind the times without electronic voter registration options.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manually entering handwritten forms across 254 counties to update voter rolls isn't a flawless process, and ERIC has been instrumental in addressing involuntary errors. Without it, we are missing out on a necessary and useful check to ensure our voter rolls remain accurate. With a major mayoral election slated for November in Houston, we are sounding the alarm on how this will affect our voters, our poll workers, and our election writ large.\u201d <\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Common Cause Texas Statement on Texas Leaving Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) - Common Cause Texas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Common Cause Texas Statement on Texas Leaving Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Texas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/\",\"name\":\"Common Cause Texas Statement on Texas Leaving Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) - Common Cause Texas\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-20T20:54:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Common Cause Texas Statement on Texas Leaving Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/\",\"name\":\"Common Cause Texas\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Common Cause Texas Statement on Texas Leaving Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) - Common Cause Texas","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Common Cause Texas Statement on Texas Leaving Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)","og_url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/","og_site_name":"Common Cause Texas","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/","url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/","name":"Common Cause Texas Statement on Texas Leaving Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) - Common Cause Texas","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-07-20T20:54:04+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-statement-on-texas-leaving-electronic-registration-information-center-eric\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Common Cause Texas Statement on Texas Leaving Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/","name":"Common Cause Texas","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Common Cause Texas","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}