Georgia Is Purging Nearly Half a Million Voters and Here’s Why You Should Care
Georgia is set to purge nearly 478,000 voters; hitting marginalized communities the hardest. Let me be clear, this is voter suppression, not maintenance as Georgia's Secretary of State claims.
Right now in Georgia, nearly 478,000 voters are being targeted for removal from the rolls. The Secretary of State’s office says it’s just routine “list maintenance”, but let’s be honest, this isn’t neutral. This is another chapter in the long playbook of voter suppression, and it’s aimed at the people who are already most marginalized in our democracy: Black and Brown voters, young people, low-income families, and renters.
Here’s what’s happening: if you didn’t vote in 2022 or 2024, and you haven’t responded to certain mailers, your registration may be canceled without any wrongdoing on your part. Maybe you were sick, maybe you moved, or maybe you were working multiple jobs and didn’t have time to jump through the hoops. None of that should mean you lose your vote, but in Georgia, now it might.
Republican leadership is calling it a cleanup, but when nearly half a million people, many of whom are in working-class or transient communities, are at risk of being silenced, that’s not cleaning up— that’s clearing out.
Even worse? This purge is happening with the help of private, right-wing software companies like EagleAI. It’s a program promoted by partisan activists with zero accountability, and it’s already been flagged by civil rights groups for relying on error-prone data. Now, let me be very clear, this is not about accuracy, it’s about power, who holds it and who gets shut out of it. Maintaining accurate voter rolls is important, but that must never come at the cost of people’s rights. A democracy that depends on people jumping through bureaucratic hoops to prove they belong is a democracy built to exclude, not include.
According to officials, flagged registrations include:
People who moved out of state (ERIC data): 180,473 voters
People with a change of address (USPS data): 87,027 voters
People with no voting activity in ~10 years: 105,848 voters
People with mail returned as undeliverable: 104,535 voters
These groups add up to roughly 478,000 names set for cancellation, which is nearly 1 in 17 Georgia voters (data provided by Georgia’s Secretary of State’s office).
As a candidate for Georgia House District 99 in 2026, I know firsthand how critical this upcoming election will be, not just for shaping policy, but for protecting the very foundation of our democracy. With another general election on the horizon, we should expect and demand heightened scrutiny around this voter purge. We need to closely monitor how many people are being removed, who they are, and whether certain communities are being disproportionately affected. This isn’t just a data issue; it’s a civil rights issue. Any attempt to suppress the vote, especially through backdoor tactics like this, must be met with transparency, accountability, and legal oversight— not with silence, complacency, or partisan gamesmanship.
What You Can Do:
Check your voter status right now
If you’ve been flagged as inactive, you can update your information and stay registered, it only takes a minute.Text five people you know
Especially students, renters, and folks who may have moved, and make sure they check, too.Take action
If you believe you, or someone you know were wrongly removed from Georgia’s voter rolls, don’t let it slide. You can file an official complaint with the Georgia Secretary of State’s Elections Division. This helps document the problem and push for real accountability.
The voters being targeted aren’t statistics, they’re our neighbors, our students, our elders, our future, and they deserve to be heard. Let’s rise to this challenge not with fear, but with purpose. Let’s organize, mobilize, and make it clear: we will not let our democracy be quietly erased.