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Mark Finchem, the Republican running for Arizona secretary of state, said that the Electronic Registration Information Center is funded by George Soros. That’s wrong — it is funded by seven member states.

Finchem said if he is elected, he will withdraw Arizona from the Electronic Registration Information Center, known as ERIC. States that are part of the organization can access other member states’ voter registration and driver's license data. Election officials can then use that information to remove from voter rolls the names of people who have died or moved.Oct. 9 at an event also attended by former President Donald Trump to rally for Arizona Republicans running for office.

If Finchem becomes secretary of state he would have the authority to give written notice to drop out of ERIC. But he is wrong to say the partnership is funded by Soros. The member states fund ERIC. Finchem, a state lawmaker, faces Democrat Adrian Fontes in the November election. Fontes is a former Maricopa County election official who

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