by @_CitizenAG at X
@_CitizenAG has filed a federal lawsuit after discovering Wisconsin’s DOT gave 2 nonprofits DMV data containing the personal info of millions of Americans AND non-citizens for targeted voter registration & outreach efforts
Here’s what you need to know – THREAD
The lawsuit centers around David J. Becker and his 2 nonprofits, the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) & the Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), and Wisconsin’s DOT
The scheme to access DMV records begins when a State signs this document:
– the ERIC Membership Agreement
Under the membership agreement, the State agrees to use tax-payer money to:
(1) pay $25,000 for an initiation fee; and
(2) pay tens of thousands more in annual “dues”
AND the State also agrees to send ERIC “resident” data (e.g., NOT “citizen” data) every 60 days––
…and that’s because ERIC actually PROHIBITS the State from including ANY info about citizenship when it sends ERIC names for use in its voter roll “clean up” efforts
One of the reasons ERIC claims to exist is to “increase voter roll accuracy”… which is hard to do when you can’t tell who is, or is not, a citizen
But ERIC isn’t focused on voter roll accuracy––as shown below, ERIC States remove LESS ineligible voters from the rolls than do non-ERIC States (who aren’t much better)…