Latest Georgia election roll purge targets nearly 478K inactive voters

ATLANTA - Georgia election officials have begun the process of removing nearly 478,000 names from the state’s voter rolls, marking one of the largest registration cancellations in state history.

The Secretary of State’s office confirmed Thursday that letters have been mailed to voters whose registrations have been deemed inactive. Recipients have 40 days from the date they receive the notice to confirm or update their registration or risk being removed from the rolls.

"This is really good election administration," said Gabriel Sterling, Chief Operating Officer for the Secretary of State’s office. "We’re doing the stuff we can to remove people who we know are no longer there."

Sterling emphasized that the initiative targets only voters who have been inactive for more than four years and failed to respond to previous notices. "You didn’t contact your elections office, you have returned mail, we have evidence you moved out of state and we sent you a letter and you didn’t respond," he said.



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