Virginia Gov. On Friday, Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order mandating condition agencies to identify data-sharing protocols to update and update the voter rolls of the United States.
According to Youngkin,” the joint transfer of data is a crucial part of vote administration in the Commonwealth.” Every available Virginian must have access to their right to vote and be aware that the list of registered electors is current and correct.” Transparency and joint cooperation are essential.”
Within 90 days of the institution’s effective date, the Virginia State Police and its particular Departments of Elections, Health, and Motor Vehicles must “update data sharing agreements between those agencies,” according to Executive Order 31. These include the appropriate state or federal law that permits the posting of Commonwealth data, the designated touch for each company, and any other obligations to ensure the reliability, reliability, privacy, and efficiency of the data used for list maintenance. After updated, these agreements may be reviewed after every year, according to the order.
Also, the order directs various state departments to establish a multi-agency “data evaluation work group” that will evaluate and provide recommendations regarding the security and accuracy of the data collected and used by the Department of Elections to maintain the state’s Voter Election Registration Information System. These companies may also work with “other stakeholders” on the working party if and when “deemed required”.
The order states that” this energy may produce comprehensive best practices across agencies and make recommendations that make important and effective changes to the Commonwealth’s listing maintenance processes.” The work group shall check and check the reliability of the data inputs and ensure that all data provided complies with relevant state and federal requirements.
Youngkin further directed the Department of Elections to create precise data sharing standards” for the cause, distribution, and certificate of information” that are provided to each organization that routinely distributes voter roll data. Additionally, he advised the agency to “identify duplicate registrations, voters who no longer reside in the Commonwealth, and other persons who are no longer entitled to be registered” by ad-sharing data with other states.
Virginia Voter Rolls: A New Era
The above directives are intended to increase the accuracy of Virginia’s voter data before the launch of a new statewide voter list maintenance program the following year, as noted in the order.
The release of the new system comes as the United States leaves the Electronic Registration Information Center ( ERIC ), a widely used voter-roll management system that was” sold to states as a quick and easy way to update their voter rolls,” according to Democrat activist andnbsp, David Becker. In actuality, ERIC , inflates voter rolls , by requiring member states to contact eligible but unregistered residents to register to vote.
Virginia Elections Commissioner Susan Beals informed the group that the state would no longer participate in the program in her May 2023 letter to ERIC, citing concerns about the” confidentiality of voter information” and” controversies surrounding the historical sharing of data with outside organizations manipulated for political purposes. The announcement came a few weeks after state officials found nearly 19, 000 dead voters on Virginia’s voter lists.
Other states to withdraw from the program in recent years over similar concerns include Ohio, Florida, West Virginia, Missouri, Texas, Iowa, Alabama, and Louisiana.
]READ: Report: ERIC Deemed 168, 000 Dead Or Relocated Virginians ‘ Eligible But Unregistered ‘ To Vote ]
The onslaught of departures from ERIC has prompted an outcry from legacy media, with” journalists” dishonestly labeling the organization’s critics as” conspiracy theorists”. These same media hacktivists continue to ignore the most shocking details about the Becker-launched group despite their crocodile tears.
In addition to spearheading ERIC, Becker is also in charge of founding the Center for Election Innovation and Research ( CEIR ), which received hundreds of millions of dollars from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the run-up to the 2020 election. These grants were pour into local election offices all over the nation to promote sloppy Democrat-backed voting practices like mass mail-in voting and the widespread use of ballot drop boxes.  ,
Analyses , have shown these” Zuckbucks” were heavily skewed toward Democrat municipalities, especially in swing states, effectively making it a giant Democrat get- out- the- vote operation.
As The Federalist previously , reported, CEIR enjoys an active relationship with ERIC, which transmits the voter- roll data it receives from states to CEIR. After receiving the data, CEIR” throws up targeted mailing lists” and returns them to the states to be used for outreach using voter registration. In other words, CEIR, a highly partisan nonprofit with a history of left-wing activism, is creating lists of potential ( and likely Democrat ) voters to register with in the lead-up to major elections.
Early this year, Youngkin vetoed a Democrat bill that attempted to force Virginia to join ERIC.
Shawn Fleetwood is a University of Mary Washington graduate and a staff writer for The Federalist. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClear Health, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
