Republican secretary of state's first act in office: withdrawing Alabama from voter-registration org

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s new secretary of state has announced the state’s withdrawal from a 32-state voter-registration partnership, a data-sharing effort that was designed to maintain accurate voter rolls but has sometimes become the target of right-wing ire and conspiracy theories.

A day after being sworn in on Jan. 17, Secretary of State Wes Allen sent a letter to the Electronic Registration Information Center, a nonprofit linking 32 states and the District of Columbia, saying the state will no longer participate in the sharing of voter registration data.

“I made a promise to the people of Alabama that ending our state’s relationship with the ERIC organization would be my first official act as Secretary of State,” Allen said in a statement. The letter said that Alabama would immediately cease transmitting data.

The Republican, who had pledged during his campaign to withdraw from ERIC, cited privacy concerns for the decision.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-secretary-of-state-s-first-act-in-office-withdrawing-alabama-from-voter-registration-organization/ar-AA16Qacv

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Of course he did.

[barbtries]

2. well you know that's bullshit

his only concern is that democrats could win.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. What was the purpose of voter info sharing

To make sure these scallywags don't vote twice from different states?

[Phoenix61]

4. It's a way to maintain voter registration roles.

It scans data sent from county voter rolls for matches in the rest of the data. It can also be used to identify people who are eligible to vote but aren’t registered. The state pays a one time sign up fee then an annual fee. Dropping out of it won’t do anything.