Georgia Removes 102K 'Obsolete and Outdated' Registered Voters
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Friday that 101,789 "obsolete and outdated" names would be deleted from the state's voter registration rolls as part of maintenance to keep the rolls updated. Individuals do have a chance to save their registrations before they’re removed; officials will mail notices warning of the potential cancellations, and registrations will be restored if individuals respond within 40 days. The names to be canceled make up 1.3% of Georgia's registered voters. Maintenance to keep state voter lists up-to-date is typical, but procedures often differ from state to state.
Coverage from left- and center-rated outlets often framed the news in the context of ongoing Republican-sponsored election security legislation; some on the left see those bills as efforts to suppress voters. Conversely, reports from right-rated sources framed Georgia's move as more routine and less controversial.
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From the Right
Georgia Secretary of State Outlines 100,000 Names to Be Cut From Voter Rolls
Georgia’s secretary of state this week announced he is set to remove some 100,000 names from voter rolls, the first major voting list maintenance following the 2020 election.
The names are being removed because of a National Change of Address form submitted to the U.S. Postal Service, election mail being sent to them bouncing back; or having no contact with elections officials for at least five years.
“Making sure Georgia’s voter rolls are up to date is key to ensuring the integrity of our elections,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a...
From the Left
Georgia releases list of 102K voter registrations to be canceled
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Friday made public the names of nearly 102,000 people who are at risk of having their Georgia voter registrations canceled, a warning before they lose their ability to vote next month.
The mass cancellations, called voter “purges” by their critics, target registered voters who moved or didn’t participate in elections for several years.
Fewer voter registrations are being canceled this year than in 2017, when 534,000 were eliminated from Georgia’s voter rolls during the largest removal of registrations in U.S. history. Most of the state’s outdated registrations...
From the Left
Georgia removes over 100,000 names from state's voter registration rolls 
Georgia's secretary of state said on Friday that 101,789 "obsolete and outdated" names will be removed from the state's voter registration rolls to keep voter files "up to date."
The big picture: The announcement comes as several Republican-controlled states, including Georgia, have passed or signed into law legislation that imposes new and often restrictive voting measures.
The removal of the 100,000 names is the first "major cleaning" of voting rolls in the state since 2019, although Georgia regularly removes voter files for felony convictions and deaths.
Details: The removals include 67,286 voter files "associated...
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