The Electronic Information Registration Center, or ERIC, is used by over half of U.S. states to maintain accurate voter rolls by comparing data and weeding out duplicates. The bipartisan group was once hailed as a tool to prevent voter fraud, until it became the target of election conspiracy theories last year.
Texas is the ninth and largest state to withdraw from the program.
Mimi Marziani, an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law says the state is required by law to participate in an information-sharing system like ERIC, but no viable alternatives exist right now.