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Citizen AG, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to educating Americans about our rights & defending the Constitution in our courts, just posted a bombshell report Wednesday morning on a situation in Wisconsin regarding very questionable voter registration tactics.
The scheme appears to have spread to multiple states.
In a series of posts on X, Citizen AG announced:
🚨BREAKING:🚨@_CitizenAG has filed a federal lawsuit after discovering Wisconsin’s DOT gave 2 nonprofits DMV data containing the personal info of millions of Americans AND non-citizens for targeted voter registration & outreach efforts.
The lawsuit centers around David J. Becker and his 2 nonprofits, the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) & the Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), and Wisconsin’s DOT.
The scheme to access DMV records begins when a State signs this document:
– the ERIC Membership Agreement
The lawsuit centers around David J. Becker and his 2 nonprofits, the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) & the Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), and Wisconsin’s DOT
The scheme to access DMV records begins when a State signs this document:
– the… pic.twitter.com/zmkEg19Mc4
— Citizen AG (@_CitizenAG) October 30, 2024
Under the membership agreement, the State agrees to use tax-payer money to:
(1) pay $25,000 for an initiation fee; and
(2) pay tens of thousands more in annual “dues”
AND the State also agrees to send ERIC “resident” data (e.g., NOT “citizen” data) every 60 days––
…and that’s because ERIC actually PROHIBITS the State from including ANY info about citizenship when it sends ERIC names for use in its voter roll “clean up” efforts.
Under the membership agreement, the State agrees to use tax-payer money to:
(1) pay $25,000 for an initiation fee; and
(2) pay tens of thousands more in annual “dues”AND the State also agrees to send ERIC “resident” data (e.g., NOT “citizen” data) every 60 days––
…and… pic.twitter.com/d76hQf4PeO
— Citizen AG (@_CitizenAG) October 30, 2024
One of the reasons ERIC claims to exist is to “increase voter roll accuracy”… which is hard to do when you can’t tell who is, or is not, a citizen.
But ERIC isn’t focused on voter roll accuracy––as shown below, ERIC States remove LESS ineligible voters from the rolls than do non-ERIC States (who aren’t much better).
One of the reasons ERIC claims to exist is to “increase voter roll accuracy”… which is hard to do when you can’t tell who is, or is not, a citizen
But ERIC isn’t focused on voter roll accuracy––as shown below, ERIC States remove LESS ineligible voters from the rolls than do… pic.twitter.com/WK4qGRjqiy
— Citizen AG (@_CitizenAG) October 30, 2024
Contrary to its tax-exempt purpose, ERIC’s apparent mission is to bloat voter rolls––something admittedly, ERIC is quite good at.
From 2013-2020, here’s ERIC’s activity:
– Blue: voters ERIC adds to rolls
– Green/Orange: voters ERIC has helped remove
Problematic here, is that Wisconsin hasn’t been an ERIC member since 2016…
On May 17, 2016, ERIC’s membership agreement was entered into by Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board (GAB)––which was eliminated 44 days later.
Problematic here, is that Wisconsin hasn’t been an ERIC member since 2016…
On May 17, 2016, ERIC’s membership agreement was entered into by Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board (GAB)––which was eliminated 44 days later pic.twitter.com/rsYX5juQQe
— Citizen AG (@_CitizenAG) October 30, 2024
On June 30, 2016, the Wisconsin legislature eliminated the GAB with the enactment of 2015 Assembly Bill 388, thereby terminating the State’s membership in ERIC.
The Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) confirmed the State isn’t an ERIC member just weeks ago.
On September 17, WEC’s written discovery responses reveal “WEC has not entered into contracts with ANY third-party to maintain the database.”
The Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) confirmed the State isn’t an ERIC member just weeks ago
On September 17, WEC’s written discovery responses reveal “WEC has not entered into contracts with ANY third-party to maintain the database.” pic.twitter.com/rJKRAXjnqn
— Citizen AG (@_CitizenAG) October 30, 2024
CEIR’s involvement in the case comes from what Becker & ERIC do with WisDOT’s DMV data once they obtain it.
Keep in mind, Becker founded both ERIC & CEIR––
In 2011 & while Becker was still working at the Pew, $750,000 in grants came in to “support the Pew Center on the States’ voter registration modernization initiative.”
Here’s the link, go to doc pg. 143: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/263753801/2012_11_PF%2F26-3753801_990PF_201112
CEIR’s involvement in the case comes from what Becker & ERIC do with WisDOT’s DMV data once they obtain it
Keep in mind, Becker founded both ERIC & CEIR––
In 2011 & while Becker was still working at the Pew, $750,000 in grants came in to “support the Pew Center on the States’… pic.twitter.com/8uAWxHVpzc
— Citizen AG (@_CitizenAG) October 30, 2024
At it’s core, the Complaint alleges that ERIC birddogs the DMV data, and Becker’s other nonprofit, the CEIR uses the data for an array of activities (explained below)
….all of which are prohibited under the DPPA.
–– P.S. if CEIR sounds familiar, it may be because you heard about it as the recipient of $70,000,000.00 in “Zucker Bucks” leading up to the 2020 election.
With DMV data & Zucker Bucks in hand, CEIR issued grants to an array of States leading up to the 2020 election. The amounts per State are shown below:
With DMV data & Zucker Bucks in hand, CEIR issued grants to an array of States leading up to the 2020 election
The amounts per State are shown below: pic.twitter.com/m3peLL5uNc
— Citizen AG (@_CitizenAG) October 30, 2024
Most notable is the grant CEIR issued to Michigan for nearly $12 million that went to the Michigan Center for Election Law and Administration (MCELA). According to CEIR, those funds were for “urgent voter educational assistance”, but MCELA has a different story.
According to the MCELA 2020 tax filings, 99% of those funds were given to partisan political consulting firms:
– Waterfront Strategies: $9.7 million
– Alper Strategies: $2 million
Notably, Alper Strategies was founded by former DNC political director, Jill Alper
…and the MCELA? The organization was founded in 2008 by Michigan’s Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson
Here’s a link: https://citizenag.link/pz6
Most notable is the grant CEIR issued to Michigan for nearly $12 million that went to the Michigan Center for Election Law and Administration (MCELA)
According to CEIR, those funds were for “urgent voter educational assistance”, but MCELA has a different story
According to the…
— Citizen AG (@_CitizenAG) October 30, 2024
As to bloating the voter rolls, Colorado’s Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Beall, testified that 30,000 non-citizens in Colorado were sent postcards
…because of ERIC.
Link to whole transcript: https://scribd.com/document/786029688/CO-Deputy-SoS-Trial-Testimony-re-ERIC-pg-456-of-transcript
More to come, but this covers the high-level of what is going on in Wisconsin & 23 other states.
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More to come, but this covers the high-level of what is going on in Wisconsin & 23 other states.
Our mission is to protect the constitutional rights & civil liberties of ALL Americans, and that includes protecting the fundamental right to vote.
Learn more at…
— Citizen AG (@_CitizenAG) October 30, 2024
BAM! Federal lawsuit filed against ERIC, CEIR and the very corrupt David Becker. #ERIC #CEIR #DavidBecker
Inside scoop: subpoenas will going out fairly soon!
“In short, Becker, by and through ERIC, uses a trojan-horse-contract-veiled-as-a-membership-agreement to obtain… https://t.co/UmL7ajU2v9 pic.twitter.com/MJ3zo1ylch
— Peter Bernegger (@PeterBernegger) October 30, 2024
In May, 2023, investigative journalist Laura Loomer posted a video, and explained:
MUST WATCH: I confronted radical Leftist David Becker @beckerdavidj, who is the founder of ERIC and CEIR, the leftist, Soros-Tied and Zuckerberg nonprofit that interfered in the 2020 election with $69.5 million in Zuckerbucks. I #LOOMERED him outside of his Election Fraud Denier summit in Washington DC at the Spy Museum this month.
MUST WATCH:
I confronted radical Leftist David Becker @beckerdavidj, who is the founder of ERIC and CEIR, the leftist, Soros-Tied and Zuckerberg nonprofit that interfered in the 2020 election with $69.5 million in Zuckerbucks. I #LOOMERED him outside of his Election Fraud Denier… pic.twitter.com/jir95Si97d
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 31, 2023
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