MO Secretary of State Defends Decision to Leave Election

(MISSOURINET) – Secretary of State John Ashcroft has led Missouri out of a consortium of states formed to fight voter fraud. Ashcroft, a Republican, says the Electronic Registration Information Center, known as ERIC, has strayed from its original mission. Ashcroft complains that some states in the group focused too heavily on adding to voter registration rolls at the expense of cracking down on voter fraud. . .

Missouri left ERIC, along with Florida and West Virginia. Critics of the move contend the states were doing former President Donald Trump’s bidding as well as inflaming conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, charges Ashcroft emphatically denies.