Three Republican states pull out of voter-fraud prevention scheme
That will only make future elections more disorderly
If Republicans have made election integrity a core issue, this week marked something of a U-turn for the party’s state officials. On March 6th Florida, Missouri and West Virginia—all Republican states, where the party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state and attorney-general—withdrew from a multi-state data partnership intended to prevent voter fraud. The trio of election officials cited concerns over data security and a partisan adviser in their exit letters.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Roll reversal”
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