David Becker is the co-founder of the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
Multiple sources describe David Becker as a founder or co-founder of ERIC, and PolitiFact and NPR call him its founder or architect. The claim matches the passage's wording and the sources support it.
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… Um, but David Becker, during this video, is essentially telling, you know, his audience, is, people that are subscribed, uh, members of donors to or recipients of the help of CEIR, the Center for Election Innovation and Research, I believe, is the acronym. And, David Becker, of course, also the co-founder of ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center, which is responsible, in my opinion, based on the information available, for padding voter rolls around the nation and enabling fake voters, which get fake ballots that are fake counted. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. PolitiFact (2023) says Becker 'led the effort to create ERIC' and calls him 'ERIC's architect.' NPR (2023) calls him 'ERIC founder David Becker.'[1][2]
Supports. WUNC (2023) describes Becker as 'one of the founders of ERIC' and says he helped conceive and establish it while at Pew. Rawstory (2023) explicitly calls him 'a co-founder and former executive director of ERIC.'[3][4]
Supports. Becker's own biographical pages (McCain Institute, National Press Foundation, LinkedIn) say he spearheaded development of ERIC while at Pew, which is consistent with co-founding it.[5][6][7]
Context. Some sources, such as Influence Watch, describe him as co-founder of CEIR rather than ERIC, and others say he 'organized' or 'spearheaded' ERIC's creation rather than using the word co-founder. These descriptions do not contradict the claim.[8]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 1 tier 3, 5 not rated
- 1Successful program finds voters who moved or died. Why ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2How the far right tore apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraudnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3'Confused and unlawful': Trump allies accused of pushing sketchy ...rawstory.com · tier 3 · cited for: supports
- 4GOP state lawmakers set on keeping North Carolina out of voter list ...wunc.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Authors & Insights: Major Garrett & David Beckermccaininstitute.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6David J. Becker - National Press Foundationnationalpress.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7David Becker | LinkedInlinkedin.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8David Becker - Influence Watchinfluencewatch.org · not rated · cited for: context
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