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Governor Abigail Spanberger Signs Executive Order to Rejoin ERIC and Strengthen Virginia’s Election IntegrityExecutive action reverses Virginia’s 2023 withdrawal from ERIC and reinstates a key tool for maintaining accurate voter registration records across the Commonwealth.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – On Tuesday, Governor Abigail Spanberger signed Executive Order 13, which works to strengthen Virginia’s approach to protecting the integrity of elections across the Commonwealth, enhance election security processes, and rejoin the 26-state Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).
ERIC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of 26 states that share voter registration and identification data, in an effort to maintain accurate and up-to-date voter rolls. Virginia was one of the founding states of ERIC when it was established in 2012, under former Governor Bob McDonnell. In 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin withdrew Virginia from ERIC, a move that made it more challenging for election officials to track voters who have relocated out of Virginia, changed their contact information, hold duplicate registrations, or are deceased.
“Virginia’s decision to rejoin ERIC restores proven tools that work to keep our voting systems fair and secure, and marks a critical step toward strengthening trust in our democratic processes,” said Virginia Democratic Party Chairman Senator Lamont Bagby. “This program will provide election administrators with the information they need to maintain accurate voter rolls and ensure our elections run smoothly across the Commonwealth.”
To read the full text of Governor Spanberger’s Executive Order 13, visit: https://www.governor.
virginia.gov/EO-13.pdf
