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By Rachel Janfaza
Updated 7:57 PM ET, Fri June 18, 2021
Washington, DC (CNN) More than 100,000 names will be removed from Georgia’s voter registration rolls in an attempt to keep the state’s voter files “up to date,” Georgia’s secretary of state announced in a statement Friday.
“Making sure Georgia’s voter rolls are up to date is key to ensuring the integrity of our elections,” Republican Brad Raffensperger said. “There is no legitimate reason to keep ineligible voters on the rolls.”
The voter files being removed are “obsolete and outdated,” according to the statement, which says that since the 2020 election, Raffensperger has “made it a priority to continue with the list maintenance process.”
The announcement follows a blitz of new voting restrictions in Republican-led states with Georgia as the first presidential battleground to impose new voting restrictions following President Joe Biden’s victory in the state.
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Article URL : https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/18/politics/georgia-voter-registration-file-removal/index.html