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Georgia Senate Adopts Resolution Urging Secretary of State to Share Voter File with DOJ
Summary
On Feb. 2, 2026 the Georgia Senate adopted SR 5 63, an urging resolution asking the state’s secretary of state to comply with a Department of Justice request for the statewide voter-registration list. The vote was 31–22 after extended debate over legal limits, privacy, and recent FBI activity in Fulton County.
The Georgia Senate on Feb. 2, 2026 adopted Senate Resolution 5 63, an urging resolution asking the Georgia secretary of state to comply with a request from the U.S. Department of Justice for the state’s voter-registration list under the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1960. The resolution passed on a recorded vote, 31–22.
Sen. Robertson, the resolution’s sponsor, told colleagues the measure was straightforward: “This resolution is very simple. It’s very clean,” and framed it as an effort to follow federal requests that other states had accommodated through memoranda of understanding. Robertson said the request fits existing federal statutory frameworks and that sharing the information with authorized federal personnel is a lawful part of oversight and…
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