Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced the state will be conducting updates to voter lists as he continues to express confidence in Georgia’s elections.
Raffensperger said that 183,584 voter records, of people who have not voted since before the 2018 elections, will be moved to inactive status if they do not respond to a mailed notice. If those affected do not act by Dec. 31, 2026, they will be removed from the lists in 2027, as part of efforts to clean voter rolls.
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Raffensperger explained that updating the list is a part of the state’s “non-election year list maintenance effort.
“Georgia’s voter lists are the cleanest in the nation because of our membership with Electronic Registration and Information Center (ERIC),” Raffensperger said in a statement. “Clean lists lessen the burden on our counties, provide appropriate resources in each precinct, and ensure the voter has a smooth experience at the polls.”
Raffensperger’s announcement comes as former President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Georgia’s election systems after being indicted in Fulton County on racketeering charges related to his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election in the state. Trump said he will present a report on how the Georgia election in 2020 was allegedly fraudulent.
“Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & others — There will be a complete EXONERATION! They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday.
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) rejected Trump’s claims and definitively said the election “was not stolen.
“For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward, under oath, and prove anything in a court of law. Our elections in Georgia are secure, accessible, and fair and will continue to be as long as I am governor,” Kemp said on Tuesday.
Trump lost Georgia to Biden by less than 12,000 votes in 2020, and despite various legal challenges by the Trump campaign, no evidence of widespread voter fraud was discovered in the Peach State in 2020.
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Raffensperger responded to Trump’s indictment by saying the “basic principles of a strong democracy” include the rule of law.
“The most basic principles of a strong democracy are accountability and respect for the Constitution and rule of law. You either have it, or you don’t,” Raffensperger said in a statement on Tuesday.
