[EL] Duplicate registration compact

[David Becker]

As the Presidential Commission noted in its recommendation that states should join both, ERIC and crosscheck are two different systems that do two different things. Several states participate in both.


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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of John Tanner
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 11:26 AM
To: Zachary Roth
Cc: Election Law
Subject: Re: [EL] Duplicate registration compact

So is there agreement that Crosscheck stinks and ERIC is great?

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Zachary Roth <zacharyr46 at gmail.com<mailto:zacharyr46 at gmail.com>> wrote:
"My understanding is that Oregon left to join ERIC. ERIC is fantastic. Some states do both, some do neither, and some do one or the other."

No, Oregon left Crosscheck because it said the data was unreliable<http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2014/04/florida-no-longer-part-of-controversial-national-voter-data-project.html>. Oregon told me the Crosscheck program sent them a list of something like 100 voters believed to have voted in more than one state, via the SS# and DOB match technique. Upon investigation, not a single one checked out. I'm hoping to have more on this next week. Seems applicable to the recent hype in North Carolina about 35K double voters, few of which seem likely to check out either.

I don't know if this is customary or not, but since this is my first post, I figured I should introduce myself: I'm a reporter for msnbc, covering voting rights issues. Thanks to Rick for having me.



On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Justin Riemer <jjustinriemer at gmail.com<mailto:jjustinriemer at gmail.com>> wrote:
To my recollection, FL does not share social security number data with other states for the matching process. Either state law does not permit it, they choose not to share it, or it may not be info the voter provides on the application. SSN info is an important part of the matching process. I'm just guessing but that issue may have something to do with FL's departure.

My understanding is that Oregon left to join ERIC. ERIC is fantastic. Some states do both, some do neither, and some do one or the other.

As the Bauer-Ginsbeg (PCEA) report concluded, Crosscheck is plenty reliable, particularly for those who share SSN information which are most states involved. It is what states make of it and certainly not the boogeyman portrayed by many. I still have a hard time getting my head around why a program that has blue, red, and purple states involved is so maligned. I suspect its more of a political attack than anything else.

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Edward Still <still at votelaw.com<mailto:still at votelaw.com>> wrote:
Thanks to everyone. It was Oregon AND Florida.


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