Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced this week the removal of 191,473 voter registration records that have been in an “inactive” status for two general elections and have failed to update their records within that time.
This year’s voter roll cleanup – which takes place each non-election year – is a routine and legally required update to the Peach State’s voter records.
So far, 191,473 voter records will now be removed from the voter rolls if no response is received to a mailed notice, according to Raffensperger’s office. These records have been previously placed into “inactive status” based on returned mail or from the National Change of Address list, Raffensperger’s office notes.
“Georgia’s voter rolls are the cleanest in the nation, and list maintenance efforts like this ensures the integrity of our elections,” Raffensperger said in a statement.
Throughout the rest of this year, Georgia election officials will continue to prepare for the 2024 election cycle, including list maintenance activities available through the Electronic Registration Information System (ERIC), Raffensperger’s office adds.
There have been 75,676 voter records canceled due to death or an out-of-state move so far this year, according to Raffensperger’s office.
“This comprehensive list maintenance effort is the continuation of robust steps taken by Secretary Raffensperger to ensure the most accurate voter records as Georgia heads into the 2024 Presidential election,” the secretary of state’s office writes in a press release.
Georgians can check their voter registration status at any time using the secretary of state’s website. Residents may also submit a change to their registration or update their contact information on the website.
Georgians can also register to vote in person, by mail, at the Department of Driver Services, or through Online Voter Registration.
In addition to routine voter roll cleanups, many election integrity groups – including VoterGA – have called on Raffensperger to “unplug” Dominion Voting Systems across the state before 2024, or, at the very least, unseal all paper ballots the system has produced and will produce in future elections.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Georgia Star News and The Star News Network.
