For years, Democratic states currently challenging the Trump administration’s access to voter and motor vehicle driver data over privacy concerns have been turning that data over to a nonprofit accused by the Homeland Security Department of violating privacy laws.
The Justice Department has sued dozens of states since last fall to force them to hand over unredacted voter rolls, including driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers, and several Democratic-led states have refused, citing privacy statutes and warning the data could be misused.
But a letter Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin sent Attorney General Todd Blanche this week shows some of those same states have long belonged to a data-sharing consortium that funneled comparable motor vehicle records to a nonprofit with ties to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Mullin’s letter, released by the White House on Friday, asks the Justice Department to investigate whether the Electronic Registration Information Center violated the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act by disclosing Social Security and driver’s license numbers to “unknown contractors, subcontractors and agents.”
ERIC, Mullin wrote, later passed that data to the Center for Election Innovation and Research, a nonprofit co-founded by the same official who helped start ERIC and that is funded, in part, by a foundation run by Priscilla Chan and her husband, Zuckerberg.
ERIC and CEIR were each founded and organized by David Becker, a former government lawyer who later became a director for the progressive People for the American Way.
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia belong to ERIC, according to the group’s own membership list. Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania, all Democratic-led states that have either sued the Trump administration or been sued by it this year over demands for unredacted voter files, are members of ERIC.
The Justice Department has filed at least 31 lawsuits against 30 states and Washington, D.C., seeking full voter registration lists. Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania were among the six states the Justice Department sued in September 2025 after they refused to comply. Massachusetts was sued that December along with 17 other states. (Read more: Just the News, 9/5/2026) (Archive)
THIS IS BIG FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY🚨🚨
A newly released September 2, 2026 letter from DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to Attorney General Todd Blanche reveals that the Department of Homeland Security has referred major election-security concerns to the Department of Justice for legal review.
Among the issues raised:
🔥 BARCODES & QR CODES ON BALLOTS — DHS asked DOJ to determine whether voting systems that count votes encoded in barcodes and QR codes comply with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) requirement for a voter-verifiable paper record capable of being manually audited. The letter warns that some systems can be configured so the human-readable text and barcode represent different programming.
🔥 DHS CITES A CISA WARNING stating researchers found that hackers could potentially alter votes encoded in a barcode without physically accessing the machines.
🔥 ERIC IS UNDER SCRUTINY — DHS also asked DOJ to examine whether states’ sharing of motor-vehicle and voter-registration information with private nonprofit organizations could violate the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA). The letter specifically discusses ERIC and CEIR and raises questions about the handling of sensitive motor-vehicle data.
🔥GEORGIA IS NAMED.
The letter says Georgia has shared DPPA-protected information with ERIC since 2019 and states that a 2026 SAVE-system analysis identified more than 42,000 deceased registrants on Georgia’s voter rolls. That is the DHS Secretary’s assertion in the letter and deserves close examination of the underlying data.
This isn’t a social-media rumor or somebody’s theory.
This is an official DHS letter to the Attorney General of the United States asking DOJ to review previously made referrals involving election systems and voter data.
For years, Americans have asked serious questions about QR/barcode voting systems, voter-verifiable paper records, ERIC, private organizations accessing government data, and voter-roll maintenance.
Now those questions are sitting in front of the U.S. Department of Justice.
👀 Georgia — PAY ATTENTION.
Read the four-page letter yourself:
🚨🚨BREAKING — THIS IS BIG FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY🚨🚨
A newly released September 2, 2026 letter from DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to Attorney General Todd Blanche reveals that the Department of Homeland Security has referred major election-security concerns to the Department of… pic.twitter.com/TEZQzAoFY0— Holly Kesler (@HollyKesler) September 4, 2026
THIS LETTER IS THE RECEIPT.
DHS just handed DOJ the smoking gun on QR/BARCODE ballots, ERIC data theft, and 42k DEAD voters in Georgia.
Not theory. Official referral from Sec. Mullin to AG Blanche.
— Machines can print one vote and encode ANOTHER in the barcode.
— CISA already warned hackers can flip those codes without touching the machine.
— ERIC vacuumed DMV files (SSNs + licenses) and fed them to Pew/CEIR — the same Zuck-funded operation that mailed 30k non-citizens in Colorado.
Georgia stayed in ERIC since 2019 and STILL has 42,000 deceased on the rolls.
Previous DOJ sat on it.
@AGToddBlanche — investigate the pipeline.
Ban the codes. Dismantle ERIC.
Only legal votes count.
🚨 THIS LETTER IS THE RECEIPT.
DHS just handed DOJ the smoking gun on QR/BARCODE ballots, ERIC data theft, and 42k DEAD voters in Georgia.
Not theory. Official referral from Sec. Mullin to AG Blanche.
— Machines can print one vote and encode ANOTHER in the barcode.
— CISA…
— SilentPatriot47 (@ShadowPatriotUS) September 4, 2026
ERIC and CEIR used protected state motor-vehicle data, with state cooperation, to build and work nationwide lists of unregistered residents and to drive millions of new registrations. The Citizens had no idea this was being done with their money. Both ERIC and CEIR must absolutely be dismantled and those responsible for these crimes held accountable for the damages caused.
Voter Registration MUST be moved back to the Counties as SOLE CUSTODIANS of their records, sharing what is legal in READ-ONLY format with the public for oversight (and to allow other counties to cross-reference).
It is laid out in the PEP (https://x.com/PatriotMarkCook/status/1986823687337877696)
As far as the other issue in the letter:
Non-human-readable content on a ballot (regardless of the format) cannot exist, because it can be used to hide what Citizens cannot see, inhibiting their ability for OVERSIGHT. This is QR, Barcode, AND what everyone is MISSING right now: The Code Channel.
The code channel (blue box below) is the extra column next to the timing track that encodes precinct/style. What people must understand is that there are many creative ways that non-human-readable information can be put on a piece of paper. (i.e. machine identification codes that most printers already use). Close one, and they’ll use another. If I were the bad guys, I’d just use something like MIC to get the job done.
ERIC and CEIR used protected state motor-vehicle data, with state cooperation, to build and work nationwide lists of unregistered residents and to drive millions of new registrations. The Citizens had no idea this was being done with their money. Both ERIC and CEIR must… pic.twitter.com/EhRVSBpEFT
— Mark Cook (@PatriotMarkCook) September 4, 2026
It all begins with ERIC.
2020 Election Fraud Summary https://t.co/gc0lJZrUb2 pic.twitter.com/S24DkUh43S
— Guy Smith (@GuySmith1713057) September 5, 2026
Attention all states – ERIC paid SaaS Opportunity Capital $281,677 for IT Services for 2025.
ERIC (Electronic Registration Information Services NGO) has our personally identifiable information: social security number, driver’s license no., birthdate and much more – even of people who are not registered to vote!!
SaaS Opportunity Capital LLC lists an address of 400 South Akard Suite 100, Dallas,TX 75202.
Twist 1 – they are not located at that location, instead it is DataBank Co. They are a data center in the former regional Federal Reserve Bank Building.
Twist 2 – DataBank reports 46 onsite communications carriers, whose complete identities are not publicly disclosed.
This is a dire concern for our critical infrastructure as ERIC receives personal information from the 27 state members’ DMV’s to your top state election official, to ERIC, to unknown parties, but….
is it DataBank Co. where all of ERIC’s voter data from their 27 state members is stored, in Dallas TX?
🚨Twist 3 – SaaS Opportunity Capital LLC gives an address of 4230 N. Oakland Ave, Ste 201, Milwaukee. A UPS store!! Address is from the Sec. of State of Wis.
Twist 4 – SaaS Opportunity Capital LLC is shown in ERIC’s 2026 IRS 990 filing, with the Dallas TX address not the Wis. address.
Twist 5 – Larry Hitchcock is the verified managing director of SaaS Opportunity Capital. He is from Wisconsin, attended US-Madison, but lived in California for 30 years.
🧨Twist 6 – Saas is a startup company! Only founded since March 30th of 2023.
Do they have our personally identifiable data? What are they doing with IT services of hundreds of thousands of dollars to ERIC…who has YOUR social security number and driver’s license number?
Twist 7 – On June 5, 2025 SaaS announced it acquired Celera Systems. Here is some of what Celera does:
Celera delivers targeted innovations designed explicitly for enterprise-level needs, surpassing traditional print-focused solutions. Our capabilities include:
Digital Campaigns with Bounce-to-Print: Integrate and transition smoothly between digital and print campaigns.
Compliant Social Media Publishing: Ensure regulatory compliance and protect your brand’s integrity.
Advanced Marketing & Sales Analytics: Drive performance and measure campaign success with powerful, precise analytics.
AI-Driven Insights: Leverage advanced analytics to identify trends and enhance strategic decision-making.
Twist 8 – Celera is located at 10325 N. Port Washington Road, Suite 100, Mequon, WI 53092.
The address of SaaS Opportunity Capital LLC on ERIC’s IRS 990 filing of May 2026 shows this location: @EagleEdMartin @EdMartinDOJ @howardlutnick @SecMullinDHS @realtinapeters
@VickiMcKenna @AAGDhillon @AGToddBlanche @JanelBrandtjen @DHSgov @DanEastman2023
@kimmonsonshow
65/ Critical Infrastructure With Eight Twists:
🚨Attention all states – ERIC paid SaaS Opportunity Capital $281,677 for IT Services for 2025.ERIC (Electronic Registration Information Services NGO) has our personally identifiable information: social security number, driver’s… pic.twitter.com/yNyPtag6M0
— Peter Bernegger (@PeterBernegger) September 5, 2026
I’m REALLY GLAD the rest of the country is catching up on stuff I knew 6 years ago.
People like me, @RealSKeshel, @KariLake, @SidneyPowell1, @theprofsrecord, @tracybeanz, @ColonelTowner, and many others have been SCREAMING this from the rooftops for years.
ERIC is a VOTE FRAUD SCHEME NGO that’s operated for YEARS **right in plain sight** in clever disguise as… pic.twitter.com/IcoBd5b4fj
— Brian Cates – Political Columnist & Pundit (@drawandstrike) September 5, 2026