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Elections director: DeKalb has 598,038 registered voters; backlog mostly cleared for 2025, mobile voting unit planned for 2026; challenger hearing set
Summary
Director Smith told the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections on March 13 that as of March 6 the county had 598,038 registered voters and that staff have largely cleared the 2025 registration backlog while continuing to address residual 2024 cases.
Director Smith told the board on March 13 that, as of March 6, DeKalb County had 598,038 registered voters: 510,481 active and 87,557 inactive. The director said staff were processing applications daily and that the packet numbers change frequently.
Smith told the board the registrations that remain from the 2024 cycle total 3,922 applications requiring processing, and the packet listed a broader total of 8,260 applications awaiting action across various submission channels. Manual registration cancellations reported in the packet totaled 173.
Registration Supervisor Holly Smith told the board staff were "completely caught up" with 2025 applications in the Oliver and MVP systems and that only limited items remained in DDS that required cure…
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