The NPR Politics Podcast

How A Beloved Anti-Voter Fraud Tool Fell Victim To Conspiracies

Jun 4, 2023
Miles Parks, NPR's Voting Correspondent, dives deep into the rise and fall of the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a tool that once enjoyed bipartisan support for maintaining voter roll integrity. He reveals how conspiratorial narratives, particularly from the far-right, led to significant political pressure to dismantle ERIC. The conversation highlights the impact of misinformation on state withdrawal from ERIC and the broader implications for election integrity across the U.S. Parks provides a gripping look into the intersection of politics, technology, and conspiracy.
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ANECDOTE

Cleta Mitchell's Role

  • Cleta Mitchell, an election attorney, played a central role in Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
  • She participated in the infamous call where Trump pressured Georgia officials.
INSIGHT

ERIC Targeted

  • ERIC, a bipartisan tool to clean voter rolls and catch fraud, became a target of the far-right.
  • Cleta Mitchell has actively worked to dismantle ERIC, influencing Republicans to abandon it.
ANECDOTE

ERIC's Creation

  • David Becker, from Pew Charitable Trusts, created ERIC to simplify voting and update voter rolls.
  • ERIC identifies voters who move or die, and flags illegal double voting.
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