As more issues arise from the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, Georgia is taking steps to better secure its future elections through cleaning its voter rolls.
The state's handpicked election monitor for the county documented two dozen pages of mismanagement and irregularities during vote counting in Atlanta in November 2020, including double-scanning of ballots, insecure transport of ballots, and violations of voter privacy.
Amid Fulton County's issues, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced updates to the state's voter rolls.
State law allows for voter registration records to be removed after being in an "Inactive" status for two general elections and not updated in that timeframe.
In February, Raffensperger told Just the News that federal law can prevent Georgia from cleaning its voter rolls "For 11 months" of the year during a presidential election cycle.
With a May or June primary followed soon after by the start of absentee or early voting for the November general election, the state could find itself without a legal window in which to clean its voter rolls for the general.
In the event of runoff elections following closely on the heels of general elections, which the closely divided swing state has had in the past two election cycles, Georgia will again "Run out" of time, Raffensperger said.
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