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“It gave us information that we couldn’t have received any other way.” Local officials: no good alternatives to the Electronic Registration Information Center.

Missouri pulled out of a collaboration known as the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, which helps states keep voter rolls accurate — such as flagging when people move.

A voter database helped keep elections secure and accurate. But as states remove their data, identifying voter fraud may get trickier.

The Missouri State Auditor’s Office released its report on the Secretary of State’s office Monday, giving it a “fair” rating, indicating that there are several areas that need improvement.

Drew Angerer/Getty Images Photo: Secretaries of state such as Frank LaRose of Ohio (left), Wes Allen of Alabama (center right), and Paul Pate of Iowa (right) led their states to depart from the ERIC program for cross-state voter roll cleaning. Also pi...

Drew Angerer/Getty Images Photo: Secretaries of state such as Frank LaRose of Ohio (left), Wes Allen of Alabama (center right), and Paul Pate of Iowa (right) led their states to depart from the ERIC program for cross-state voter roll cleaning. Also pi...

Some Republican-led states are struggling to develop new ways to adequately update their voter rolls after withdrawing from a popular roll cleaning program.

Republican-led states that withdrew from the Electronic Registration Information Center are now struggling to find new ways to adequately update their voter rolls. Prior to 2022, more than half the states participated in the program.

EXCLUSIVE — The Electronic Registration Information Center, a nonpartisan group tasked with ensuring clean voter rolls for 25 states, shares voter data with politically left organizations, according to a new report.

ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center, is one of the best tools available to help prevent voter fraud. Cleaning voter rolls after withdrawing from the program has been a challenge for these Republican-led states.