Georgia elections officials are set to cancel up to 455,000 inactive voter registrations this summer. It’s one of the largest voter purges in state history.
State elections director Blake Evans says voters facing cancellation likely have moved or not voted in the past two presidential elections. The secretary of state’s office will mail a notice in July to those facing cancellation.
“The main thing is when people move, just common folks, you know, a lot of times don’t — don’t think about updating the elections office that they have moved and canceling their — to, to cancel their record,” said Evans. “And so this is just the legal process to make sure that — that outdated records aren’t sitting unnecessarily on our voter rolls.”
Evans says the number of cancellations is high because of a partnership with the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a national nonprofit that notifies state elections officials if a voter gets a driver’s license in another partner state.
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