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The Senate Appropriations Committee requested this special examination of voter registration and list maintenance procedures. Based on this request, we reviewed: (1) name and address validation procedures for voter registration; (2) list maintenance policies and procedures; and (3) the extent to which these procedures align with statutory requirements and best practices.
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Controls over voter registration are generally effective; however, opportunities for improvement exist.
Georgia’s voter registration system utilizes automated processes to verify applicant identity and eligibility with thirdparty sources, as well as to restrict the entry of invalid residential addresses. Based on our review, we estimate no more than 0.1% of the voter registration records would have allowed an individual to vote despite an unverified identity, invalid residential addresses, or unverified eligibility due to citizenship issues.
• Unverified identities – We confirmed the identity of 99.8% of the 7.9 million voter records containing a REAL ID number, matching name components and other identifying information such as date of birth. Most of the 17,855 unmatched records either include a social security number, which can be used to verify identity, or have been placed in a registration status that requires further documentation before they can vote. Nevertheless, we estimate between 790 and 1,160 voters’ identities cannot be confirmed with information listed on the registration, yet their status does not indicate further documentation is needed prior to voting.
We did not attempt to confirm identity associated with the approximately 129,000 voter records that did not contain a REAL ID number. For these, the county registrar could have used the reported social security number— which most of the 129,000 have—to verify identity.
• Invalid addresses – State law requires voters to register using the address associated with their
permanent residence. We identified 2,784 registrations with residential addresses for P.O. boxes
(or similar companies), which are prohibited from being used to establish residency.
Additionally, we identified 965 registrations listing a Georgia Department of Corrections facility
or county jail. Finally, we identified 3,027 registrations with address errors (e.g., placeholder
terms indicating missing or invalid information such as “missing street address”).
• Unverified citizenship – State and federal law require U.S. citizenship to vote in elections.
When REAL ID records indicate individuals do not possess U.S. citizenship, state law requires
county registrars to obtain proof. Among the 7.9 million voter records with a driver’s license
number, we identified approximately 2,600 voters currently or previously in active status who
could not be verified as U.S. citizens on their REAL ID, through federal database searches, or in
the voter registration system.
Some of these problematic registrations were due to operational control weaknesses within the
Department of Driver Services (DDS) that created REAL IDs with incorrect citizenship status or
submitted voter registrations prior to REAL ID approval. After identifying these weaknesses, DDS
reviewed records for all active driver’s licenses with U.S. citizen status and identified 3,285
additional REAL IDs that were issued without necessary identity and citizenship documentation.
After further research, DDS reported it confirmed U.S. citizenship for 750 and lawful presence (but
not U.S. citizenship) for 678; DDS canceled the remaining 1,857 IDs that could not be verified.
Approximately 17,900 registrations (or 0.2% of the population reviewed) could not be matched with DDS records to confirm identity using our criteria, either because they had an invalid driver’s license number or the number provided did not match the individual’s information, as described below. A portion of records may be identified with other data or a detailed visual inspection. Others have already been flagged by SOS as problematic and placed in a status of “Missing Identification and Documentation Required” (MIDR17), which requires the individual to provide proof of identity prior to voting. However, we estimate between 786 and 1,163 voters whose identities cannot be verified with the reported REAL ID number or a social security number and have not been flagged in the voter registration record as requiring additional identity documentation.1
• Invalid REAL ID Number – For 7,121 registrations, DDS had no match for the listed REAL ID number, and we could not find the individual using other criteria such as name and date of birth. The majority (5,064 or 71%) included a social security number that the county registrar could have used to verify identity and approve the registration. 19 Among the 2,057 with no social security number, 1,502 (73%) are in MIDR status or pending. The remaining 555 registrations are problematic because their identity cannot be verified using a valid driver’s license or a social security number; 166 have a voting history (see text box below for a description of voting history). It is possible that county registrars verified some of these registrations through information not available in the registration data obtained for this audit.
• Unmatched Information in DDS – For 10,734 registrations, a record was identified in DDS, but the identity could not be confirmed using the criteria listed in Exhibit 7. We conducted an in-depth visual examination for a representative sample of 988 registrations. 20 In 583 records (59%), we observed slight name differences (e.g., Betsey vs. Elizabeth21) that would validate identity and explain why the record failed our data matching criteria.
Among the 405 without a match, the majority (311 or 77%) included a social security number that the county registrar could have used to verify identity. Among the 94 with no social security number, 56 were in MIDR status. Of the remaining 38 registrations that were not in MIDR status, 12 have a voting history. Again, it is possible county registrars verified identity through other information not available in the registration data.
To ensure the sample we used was representative of the population, we calculated a sample size necessary to yield a 95% confidence interval with a ±3% margin of error for the population proportion. Our resulting sample was randomly selected and did not include duplicates.22 Based on the sample review, we estimate between 231 and 608 individuals have not been flagged in the registration data as requiring additional identity documentation despite having identities that cannot be verified with driver’s license or social security numbers. We estimate no more than 281 of these have likely voted.
We provided SOS with a list of the unverified records for further review. After their review, any remaining registrations that cannot be verified based on current information can be placed in MIDR status.
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