Georgia is continuing its efforts to clean up the state’s voter rolls – and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has announced the next step in the state’s comprehensive, non-federal election year list-maintenance effort.
According to information released by the Secretary of State’s office, county election offices mailed notices to Georgia voters this week who have filed a National Change of Address (NCOA) form with the US Postal Service. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 8.4 percent of all Americans move each year, with many filing these NCOA forms.
Raffensperger announced that 185,208 notices are being sent to voters, reflecting 100,685 voters who filed Out-of-State National Change of Address forms, and 84,523 Out-of-County National Change of Address forms. All voters who do not respond to these mailers from the Secretary of State’s office will be moved to an Inactive status after 50 days if no response is received by their election office. Any voter who receives a notice and still resides at their listed address should return the postage-paid notice.
Additionally, the state office mailed 37,285 postcards to voters using information received from Georgia’s membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). These are voters who have not filed an NCOA but appear to have moved based on data from the Department of Driver Services. Voters who receive these postcards are prompted to go to the state’s My Voter Page to confirm their address information and submit a change of address request, if needed. They are not moved to Inactive status if they do not respond to these postcards.
Raffensperger stated that so far this year, there have been 679,749 pieces of mail sent to voters as part of Georgia’s robust list maintenance efforts.
“Georgia is Number 1 for clean voter rolls and thanks to our membership in ERIC and interstate voter data agreements, 2024 will achieve maximum election integrity,” said Raffensperger. “Georgia elections are a model to the nation.”
According to Raffensperger, Georgia will continue to conduct list maintenance throughout this year in preparation for the 2024 election cycle, a continuation of steps taken by Raffensperger and his staff to ensure the most accurate voter records as Georgia heads into the 2024 Presidential election.
