Georgia to drop nearly 200,000 voters deemed 'inactive' on its rolls

ATLANTA – A new round of purging from Georgia’s voter list ahead of next year’s elections is poised to remove 191,473 voters previously placed into “inactive” status from the rolls. If an inactive voter’s county voter registration office receives no response to a mailed notice within 30 days, that voter will be taken off the list. Inactive voters who respond by updating their registration information will remain on the rolls. “Georgia’s voter rolls are the cleanest in the nation,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Tuesday. “List maintenance efforts like...