evidence: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced Monday afternoon that Missouri, along with Florida and West Virginia, were withdrawing from the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC. [...] Among the complaints is that ERIC was founded with help from the nonpartisan Pew Charitable Trusts, which received money from liberal donor George Soros’ organization for a different project. ERIC’s leadership told the AP that it is funded through annual dues by member states and has never received funding from Soros.