Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office is trying to make sure it is crystal clear about an upcoming cleaning of the state’s voter rolls, a process it calls a key to maintaining election integrity.
Voter list maintenance isn’t just spring cleaning either – it is mandated by both federal and Georgia law to ensure that the rolls are cleared of individuals who have moved either within or out of the state, or passed away.
According to data from Raffensperger’s office and the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), 63,757 individuals have been identified that may have registered to vote or registered for a driver’s license in another state. These voters will be mailed a confirmation notice at their new address, and when confirmed removed from the Georgia voter rolls. If they do not respond, they will be marked as “inactive.”
An additional 154,588 voters have been identified who have filed a National Change of Address notice (NCOA) with USPS. Of those, the 76,092 voters who have been identified as moving within their county will have their registrations automatically updated to their new address. The other 78,506 voters who either moved to a different county within Georgia or moved out of state will receive pre-paid, addressed confirmation notices to either confirm their move or update their information with their new county elections office.
If you need to check your voting status and make sure your address is correct, you can see it on your My Voter Page on the Secretary of State’s website.
“Georgia makes use of all available tools – online voter registration, interstate data matching through ERIC, and the integration of motor vehicle licensing data – resulting in some of the most accurate voter lists in the nation,” says David Becker, Executive Director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research. “Accurate voter lists mean fewer problems at the polls, lower wait times, and maximum election integrity.”
