How A Beloved Anti-Voter Fraud Tool Fell Victim To Conspiracies

How A Beloved Anti-Voter Fraud Tool Fell Victim To Conspiracies

A rare bipartisan success story, the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, quietly helped to clean up voter rolls and catch fraud for nearly a decade — until it became the target of the far-right and a Trump allied lawyer.

NPR Voting Correspondent Miles Parks and NPR's Investigations Team traced the secret meetings and grassroots pressure to dismantle an obscure elections tool — giving the election denial movement its biggest policy victory yet.

To read the investigation, head here.

This episode: voting reporter Miles Parks.

This episode was produced by by Monika Evstatieva and edited by Ben Swasey and Barrie Hardymon. Data reporting by Nick McMillan. Fact checking by Barbara Van Woerkom. Audio engineering by James Willetts.

Unlock access to this and other bonus content by supporting The NPR Politics Podcast+. Sign up via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

Connect:
Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org
Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.
Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy

Avsnitt(1750)

Voters decide whether Virginia enters redistricting fight

Voters decide whether Virginia enters redistricting fight

Voting ends April 21 in Virginia's special election that will decide whether the state redraws its congressional districts to favor Democrats. We discuss how the state fits into the national mid-decad...

7 Apr 18min

Trump says Iran can be "taken out" in one night

Trump says Iran can be "taken out" in one night

President Trump held a press conference at the White House Monday. He discussed the latest developments in the war with Iran, as well as other topics. We break down what was said, and why it matters.T...

6 Apr 20min

Trump tries to sell the Iran war, a month after it started

Trump tries to sell the Iran war, a month after it started

It was a particularly busy week in politics. We discuss President Trump’s prime-time address about the Iran war, Pam Bondi’s exit as attorney general, rising gas prices, and the White House’s request ...

3 Apr 28min

Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

President Trump signed an executive order that seeks to create federal lists of eligible voters and directs the U.S. Postal Service not to send mail-in ballots to anyone not on those lists. We discuss...

2 Apr 19min

Trump addresses war with Iran

Trump addresses war with Iran

In a televised, primetime address, President Trump discussed the ongoing U.S. war with Iran, and said the war would be over "shortly." We analyze what the president said, and discuss his claims.This e...

2 Apr 9min

SCOTUS hears birthright citizenship arguments

SCOTUS hears birthright citizenship arguments

At issue in the case is whether children born in the United States to people in the country without legal status should receive U.S. citizenship under the 14th Amendment. Justices heard oral arguments...

1 Apr 24min

Should all babies born in the United States be citizens?

Should all babies born in the United States be citizens?

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Barbara, a case challenging President Trump’s executive order denying citizenship to children born to people without permanent leg...

31 Mars 19min

The Senate DHS funding deal fell apart. Now what?

The Senate DHS funding deal fell apart. Now what?

There was a glimmer of hope for the Department of Homeland Security after the Senate passed a funding bill early Friday morning. Then the House rejected the deal, and Congress left town. We discuss wh...

30 Mars 11min

Populärt inom Politik & nyheter

aftonbladet-krim
svenska-fall
p3-krim
rss-krimstad
flashback-forever
aftonbladet-daily
politiken
rss-krimreportrarna
spar
rss-vad-fan-hande
rss-sanning-konsekvens
motiv
blenda-2
rss-flodet
rss-frandfors-horna
dagens-eko
svd-ledarredaktionen
grans
olyckan-inifran
rss-aftonbladet-krim