SIGN THIS PETITION to ask Governor Ralph Northam to fight voter suppression and end the use of CROSSCHECK in Virginia.
Why should I sign this petition?
The short-version: Virginia participates in a program called Crosscheck which has been used to illegally purge voters from the rolls. Crosscheck is also a propaganda tool used to support Trump’s debunked claims of massive voter fraud. Sign this petition to stop this. If you’d like to know more, read on…
What is Crosscheck?
It’s a voluntary program Virginia participates in which is used to support voter suppression efforts throughout the country. The program's original purpose was to identify voters who relocate out of state to clean-up voter rolls. As part of this program, Virginia sends all voter registration data to Kansas, including the last four digits of your social security number! The system is known to return many false matches on voters in other states, claiming different people are in fact the same person. States have misused this data and have illegally cancelled THOUSANDS of legitimate voters. By participating in this program, we are contributing to a national voter suppression program.
This is a discriminatory system
This system unfairly targets people of color. People with common last names are more likely to show up as matches in this system. Census data shows that people of color are more likely to share common last names; therefore, people of color - think Martinez, Washington, Kim - are more likely to end up on Crosscheck lists and purged.
Kris Kobach manages this program. He is the current Kansas Secretary of State and has known white nationalist ties. He has a long history of discriminatory policies and is a paid contributor to Breitbart. Kobach has repeatedly used misleading Crosscheck statistics to lie about the extent of voter fraud. He lies, to justify creating new laws that make it harder for people to vote.
There is a better way
There is a better, more secure system available. It's called ERIC. In addition to producing more accurate results, ERIC helps states identify people who aren’t yet registered to vote and encourages them to do so. Edgardo Cortez, The Virginia Election Commissioner is also the Chairman of ERIC. Cortez has stated that the primary reason to stay in Crosscheck is that many neighboring states are in Crosscheck, but not ERIC. If Virginia wants to encourage other states to join ERIC, there’s no better way to do so than to pull our data out of Crosscheck and force them all to join ERIC to get it.
SIGN THIS PETITION and call on Governor McAuliffe to fight voter suppression and end the use of CROSSCHECK in Virginia!
9 Comments
Our democracy is being bought by the very rich as they deny or discourage citizens of their right to vote. We tell folks that "every vote counts" but if votes are changed or suppressed each vote might not count at all!!!
Crosscheck is affecting the voter registrations of people around the country with its inaccurate means of finding false duplicates. Virginia has no business participating.
We must ensure that the rights of all citizens to vote are fully protected. No one should be disenfranchised on the basis of arbitrary or incomplete information, such as that contained in the Crosscheck system. The State of Virginia must not continue to participate in Crosscheck, which denies voting rights to manipulate the results of elections and suppresses minority votes. Virginia must stand for democracy and democratic rights. The time to withdraw Virginia from Crosscheck is immediately.
Crosschek is a nefarious way to prevent people from m exercising their right to vote. Stop Virginia sharing of our voter lists.
Cross check is unconstitutional.
This is terrible! VA must opt out!
This illegal purge of voters is what brought us tRUMP!
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SIGN THIS PETITION to ask Governor Ralph Northam to fight voter suppression and end the use of CROSSCHECK in Virginia.
Why should I sign this petition?
The short-version: Virginia participates in a program called Crosscheck which has been used to illegally purge voters from the rolls. Crosscheck is also a propaganda tool used to support Trump’s debunked claims of massive voter fraud. Sign this petition to stop this. If you’d like to know more, read on…
What is Crosscheck?
It’s a voluntary program Virginia participates in which is used to support voter suppression efforts throughout the country. The program's original purpose was to identify voters who relocate out of state to clean-up voter rolls. As part of this program, Virginia sends all voter registration data to Kansas, including the last four digits of your social security number! The system is known to return many false matches on voters in other states, claiming different people are in fact the same person. States have misused this data and have illegally cancelled THOUSANDS of legitimate voters. By participating in this program, we are contributing to a national voter suppression program.
This is a discriminatory system
This system unfairly targets people of color. People with common last names are more likely to show up as matches in this system. Census data shows that people of color are more likely to share common last names; therefore, people of color - think Martinez, Washington, Kim - are more likely to end up on Crosscheck lists and purged.
Kris Kobach manages this program. He is the current Kansas Secretary of State and has known white nationalist ties. He has a long history of discriminatory policies and is a paid contributor to Breitbart. Kobach has repeatedly used misleading Crosscheck statistics to lie about the extent of voter fraud. He lies, to justify creating new laws that make it harder for people to vote.
There is a better way
There is a better, more secure system available. It's called ERIC. In addition to producing more accurate results, ERIC helps states identify people who aren’t yet registered to vote and encourages them to do so. Edgardo Cortez, The Virginia Election Commissioner is also the Chairman of ERIC. Cortez has stated that the primary reason to stay in Crosscheck is that many neighboring states are in Crosscheck, but not ERIC. If Virginia wants to encourage other states to join ERIC, there’s no better way to do so than to pull our data out of Crosscheck and force them all to join ERIC to get it.
SIGN THIS PETITION and call on Governor McAuliffe to fight voter suppression and end the use of CROSSCHECK in Virginia!
9 Comments
Dear Governor Northam, Please end Virginia's participation in Crosscheck as soon as possible! This invalid program has disenfranchised thousands of Virginia voters. We're counting on you to do the right thing!
Our democracy is being bought by the very rich as they deny or discourage citizens of their right to vote. We tell folks that "every vote counts" but if votes are changed or suppressed each vote might not count at all!!!
Crosscheck is affecting the voter registrations of people around the country with its inaccurate means of finding false duplicates. Virginia has no business participating.
We must ensure that the rights of all citizens to vote are fully protected. No one should be disenfranchised on the basis of arbitrary or incomplete information, such as that contained in the Crosscheck system. The State of Virginia must not continue to participate in Crosscheck, which denies voting rights to manipulate the results of elections and suppresses minority votes. Virginia must stand for democracy and democratic rights. The time to withdraw Virginia from Crosscheck is immediately.
Crosschek is a nefarious way to prevent people from m exercising their right to vote. Stop Virginia sharing of our voter lists.
Cross check is unconstitutional.
This is terrible! VA must opt out!
This illegal purge of voters is what brought us tRUMP!
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Dear Governor Northam, Please end Virginia's participation in Crosscheck as soon as possible! This invalid program has disenfranchised thousands of Virginia voters. We're counting on you to do the right thing!