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Committee advances bill to rejoin ERIC, citing voter‑list accuracy concerns

Senate of Virginia · January 28, 2026

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Summary

Senators voted to report SB57 to rejoin ERIC, a nonpartisan voter‑registration cooperative; sponsor cited Department of Elections praise and said Virginia saw 83,000 fewer voter cancellations the year after leaving ERIC.

Sen. Volkenberg urged the committee to support SB57, a measure to rejoin ERIC, describing it as “a nonpartisan organization around, voter registration, that the previous governor pulled us out of” and emphasizing its role in maintaining accurate voter rolls. He told the panel the Department of Elections annual list‑maintenance report praised ERIC’s performance and said that after Virginia left ERIC the state recorded about 83,000 fewer voter cancellations than the prior year, which he presented as evidence the state’s maintenance outcomes worsened after leaving the cooperative.

There was a motion to report SB57 and the committee voted to do so (9 yes, 5 no). No floor amendment or budgeting change was recorded in the committee discussion excerpt. The transcript records sponsor argument and the recorded committee recommendation to advance the bill.