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Secretary of State details Georgias voter database, list-maintenance and audit program
Summary
State elections director Blake Evans briefed the committee on Georgia's voter-registration database (Jarvis), list-maintenance tools, and an expanded audit program, citing nearly 7.4 million active voters, recent large-scale cancellation mailings and the state's ballot-image and risk-limiting audits.
State elections director Blake Evans told the committee the Secretary of States office operates a single statewide election-management system known as Jarvis and that counties use it daily for registration, absentee ballot management, and audits. Evans said Georgia had about 7.4 million active registered voters and nearly 1 million inactive records; he said the state relies heavily on daily data flows from the Department of Driver Services (DDS) and a set of list-maintenance tools.
Why it matters: The committee heard how the state aggregates multiple data sources to keep rolls current, why counties rely on the statewide Jarvis platform, and how Georgia performs post-election audits to verify outcomes — information central to any…
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