The NC General Assembly can limit the damage from ERIC, a Soros funded leftist group. Jim Womack, President, North Carolina Election Integrity Team (NCEIT), wrote a letter (see below) outlining why ERIC is bad for NC election integrity and what the legislature can do to box ERIC in to minimize the damage to election integrity. Jim's proposed solutions are what we need to make this an election issue with candidates in November.
Section 26 of HB 103 - NC Budget Bill - gives the "NCSBE the authority to acquire or share highly sensitive information on NC drivers licenses, full social security numbers, or other personally identifiable, private information with this 501(c)3 organization (ERIC) . ... DOT or Social & Health Services data in particular - would be used to help ERIC identify unregistered voters that must be added to our voter rolls (with or without their consent)."
ERIC member agreement allows ERIC to share NC data with other third party organizations (namely the Center for Election Innovation & Research or CEIR), without control or permission from our state authorities. That data will be used to help left-leaning organizations - like CEIR - target unregistered or newly registered voters in NC for absentee by mail flyers, ballot request forms, and leftist materials intended to shape voter opinions."
From: Jim Womack <James.K.Womack@gmail.com> Date: July 12, 2022 at 14:51:42 EDT
To: paul.newton@ncleg.gov, ralph.hise@ncleg.gov, warren.daniel@ncleg.gov, grey.mills@ncleg.gov Cc: "Rep. John Sauls" <John.Sauls@ncleg.gov>, "Sen. Jim Burgin" <Jim.Burgin@ncleg.gov>, Cleta Mitchell <cleta@cletamitchell.com> Subject: Limiting the Potential Damage to North Carolina Election Integrity from House Bill 103 Sirs:
Please take a look at the attached Electronic Registration Information System (ERIC) "By-Laws" our state will be asked to accept and specifically the Member Agreement (Exhibit A- pages 13-14) that someone must sign to allow ERIC's review and "list maintenance" of NC Voter files. (View the ERIC Bylaws and Membership Agreement)
I do NOT believe our NCGA was aware they were giving the NCSBE the authority to acquire or share highly sensitive information on NC drivers licenses, full social security numbers, or other personally identifiable, private information with this 501(c)3 organization. Nor do I think the NCGA intends that other NC agency data -- DOT or Social & Health Services data in particular - would be used to help ERIC identify unregistered voters that must be added to our voter rolls (with or without their consent). Regardless of intent, House Bill 103 appears to give permission for the NCSBE to share data with this non-profit that my (NCEIT) team -- a professional, non-partisan 501(c)4 solely focused on ensuring Election Integrity in our state -- cannot acquire. Moreover, the NCGA is allowing NCSBE to sole source the sharing of this data at great cost (perhaps $25K or more) when NCEIT is available to provide the