Alaska will keep its membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center, a nonprofit network that helps states keep track of registered voters and reduce fraud, an official at the Division of Elections confirmed. Via AlaskaBeacon
that she was considering whether to withdraw Alaska from the group.
On Wednesday, Tiffany Montemayor, public relations manager for the division, said the state will remain a member. Until 2022, the ERIC network was a rare instance of bipartisan cooperation on elections issues, with both Republican and Democratic states and politicians advocating its use. But in recent years, the network has been targeted by far-right Republicans who endorse Trump’s false claims that he won the 2020 presidential election.
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