Fulton County elections office reports voter rolls and $15 million 2025 elections budget

Director Williams delivered the month‑of‑January operations report to the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections on Feb. 13, summarizing work across absentee, advanced voting planning, registration, supplies and finance.

Registration staff reported 767,155 active registered voters and 136,138 inactive voters, for a total of 903,293 on the rolls; 11,680 applications remained to be processed. January activity included 3,333 new registrations, 10,195 transfers to Fulton and 2,343 transfers from Fulton; staff processed 462 cancellation portal removals, 657 deceased records and merged 71 duplicate records. Front‑office customer service interactions across four locations totaled 56 in January.

The finance report noted that Fulton County’s 2025 elections budget was approved by the Board of Commissioners on Jan. 29. The county’s elections budget for 2025 was reported as $15,000,000 covering all election cycles expected in 2025; staff said the approved operating budget amount is $5,400,000. Finance staff said they are reconciling invoices from the 2024 cycle and processing carryover reallocation approved by the commissioners.

Other divisions reported operational preparations: the Absentee Division reviewed procedures and scanning of 2024 absentee requests; Information Systems participated in state EMS training; Supplies and Logistics confirmed reservations for advance‑voting and election‑day polling locations and began inventorying warehoused supplies; and Voter Education planned outreach and a relaunch of the Elections Academy later in the month.

Board members asked for copies of updated standard operating procedures (SOPs) and reconciliation documents; staff agreed to circulate SOPs and to provide additional budget versus actual reporting once invoices are finalized.