Secretary of State-elect Wes Allen said he is following through on a campaign promise that puts him at odds with outgoing Secretary of State John Merrill, who said the Electronic Registration Information Center has helped identify voter fraud. alpolitics
Secretary of State-elect Wes Allen said he is following through on a campaign promise to withdraw Alabama from the Electronic Registration Information Center, a decision that puts him at odds with outgoing Secretary of State John Merrill, who said the system has helped identify voter fraud.
ERIC is owned and operated by the 33 states that are members, according to the organization’s website. Alabama pays about $25,000 a year for its membership. about the program, including that it was funded by billionaire George Soros, a supporter of Democratic causes. Allen claimed earlier this year that ERIC “was formed with a grant provided by the George Soros-funded Open Society and was originally managed by David Becker, a well-known Democrat election lawyer who became the architect of ERIC after serving in the Justice Department during the Obama Administration.
Allen, a Republican, captured 66 percent of the vote in last weeks’ election to defeat Democrat Pamela Laffitte and Libertarian Jason “Matt” Shelby. Merrill, who is also a Republican, is completing his second term in the office that oversees elections in Alabama.
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