evidence: Michelle Orengo-McFarlane looks for her name on a voter registration list in San Francisco, California in a file photo. Alabama pulled out of the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) earlier this year to create its own system, but experts say it may not have the safeguards of ERIC. (David Paul Morris/Getty Images) [...] A consortium of other states uses another system, the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), to cross check voter registration information to ensure that voters are not registered to vote in a single state and to maintain their voter rolls. Allen made replacing the ERIC system a priority in his 2022 campaign for the office. He withdrew from ERIC almost immediately after taking office, claiming that ERIC is part of a liberal group funded by George Soros, a billionaire who funded liberal causes. ERIC is a nonprofit established in 2012 funded by states who are members, which includes both left leaning and conservative states.