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The Transparency Troubles at ERIC Continue…

The Transparency Troubles at ERIC Continue…

UPDATE: March 17, 2023  

As of this writing, four more member states have announced that they are leaving ERIC: FL, MO, WV and today, Ohio. All four states indicated they made attempts to reform the organization to allow for the voter registration drives to be OPTIONAL, as well as having made efforts to ensure there was a clear distinction between the ‘non-partisan’ work to maintain voter rolls and the C4 organization CEIR, which distributed millions of dollars of Zuckerburg donations to select election offices in the 2020 election cycle (so-called Zuckerbucks). 

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Utah Lawmakers Give Themselves More Transparency, Deny it to the Public

Utah Lawmakers Give Themselves More Transparency, Deny it to the Public

Last week the Utah legislature passed a bill to give themselves more access to voter registration information while leaving the public behind in the dark. But to really understand the bill, a history of Utah’s complicated relationship with transparency is necessary.

Utah has a system unlike any other state – one that caused alarm for political parties and watchdogs alike in previous years, because it has vastly reduced both their, and the public’s, visibility into elections and curbed their ability to reach their own voters.

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