Cobb Reporter

Approximately 102,000 voter files were removed from Georgia records as the state works to keep its lists up to date. 

The obsolete voter files that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger approved to remove include 67,286 voter files associated with a National Change of Address form submitted to the U.S. Postal Service. Another 34,227 voter files had election mail returned to sender and 276 voters who had no contact with elections officials for at least five years also were being removed, Raffensberger said in a statement on June 18.

"Making sure Georgia’s voter rolls are up to date is key to ensuring the integrity of our elections. That is why I fought and beat Stacey Abrams in court in 2019 to remove nearly 300,000 obsolete voter files before the November election, and will do so again this year. Bottom line, there is no legitimate reason to keep ineligible voters on the rolls," he said in the statement.

Raffensperger was sued by a voting rights group founded by former state Rep. Stacey Abrams called Fair Fight Action in 2019 when he tried to purge 300,000 names from the voter rolls, FOX5 Atlanta reported. A judge ultimately ruled against Fair Fight Action and Raffensperger agreed to keep 22,000 names on the rolls, FOX5 said. 

During the Georgia GOP convention, Raffensperger was censured by his own party after refusing to help former President Donald Trump overturn the presidential election results, which saw Trump lose to President Joe Biden by a 0.3% margin, CNN reported.