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Ben Paviour

Virginia becomes the latest GOP-governed state to quit a voter data partnership

A voter fills out his ballot at an early voting location in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 26, 2022. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Virginia on Thursday became the latest Republican-led state to withdraw from a multistate partnership that until early 2022 was considered a widely trusted, bipartisan effort to share voter information.

The move makes Virginia the eighth state to leave the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, amid fringe conservative media reports and conspiracy theories attempting to connect the group to liberal donors and activists.

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