Raffensperger Continues Comprehensive Year-Round List Maintenance Audit

Atlanta – Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced the latest round of voter list maintenance efforts using data from the National Change of Address (NCOA) registry. These updates are a critical part of ensuring accurate voter rolls and that Georgia runs the cleanest elections in the entire country:

“Georgia leads the nation in election security and voter confidence because we take proactive steps to keep our voter rolls accurate,” said Raffensperger. “We follow state and federal law to make sure our voter list is up-to-date, fair, and secure, while ensuring that every eligible voter remains registered and able to cast their ballot.”

The most recent NCOA mailing identified the following voter records:

• 117,602 voters moving within their county. These records are automatically updated pursuant to Georgia law.

• 65,271 voters moving out of state. These records will be moved to inactive status if the voter does not respond to the mailed notice, pursuant to state and federal law.

• 80,754 voters moving out of county. These records will also be moved to inactive status if the voter does not respond, pursuant to state and federal law.

Voters who receive an NCOA mailing should respond promptly to ensure their registration reflects their current address. Voters can check and update their registration status online anytime at My Voter Page.

Georgia’s ongoing list maintenance is required by both state and federal law. It is designed to improve the accuracy of voter registration lists, reduce the potential for errors, and reenforce public confidence in Georgia’s elections.

“List maintenance is about election security and voter confidence,” Raffensperger said. “We want every Georgian to have full faith in the system, knowing that our elections are free, fair - and fast.”

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Georgia is recognized as a national leader in elections. It was the first state in the country to implement the trifecta of automatic voter registration, at least 17 days of early voting (which has been called the “gold standard”), and no-excuse absentee voting. Georgia continues to set records for voter turnout and election participation, seeing the largest increase in average turnout of any other state in the 2018 midterm election and record turnout in 2020, and 2022. 2022 achieved the largest single day of in-person early voting turnout in Georgia midterm history utilizing Georgia’s secure, paper ballot voting system. Most recently, Georgia ranked #2 for Election Integrity by the Heritage Foundation, a top ranking for Voter Accessibility by the Center for Election Innovation & Research and tied for number one in Election Administration by the Bipartisan Policy Center.