Oconee Voter List Maintenance Eliminates 368 Names

State and county election officials have removed 368 voters from the Oconee County registration list since the end of June as a result of routine maintenance of the list.

In addition, early this month county election officials sent notices to 432 Oconee County voters who have not had any contact with the county’s election system for at least five calendar years.

If those voters receiving the notice do not respond, they will be moved from active to inactive status and the countdown will have started for possible removal from the list.

The local action is part of a statewide effort at maintaining the voter lists that has seen challenges to 101,789 registered voters who were believed to be no longer properly registered and to 185,666 voters who have not been active in the last five years.

Rebecca Anglin, director of Elections and Registration for Oconee County, discussed the local implications of the statewide efforts at voter list maintenance last week at the August meeting of the county Board of Elections and Registration.

Anglin also outlined early voting procedures that will be followed in the November election, when voters county-wide will decide a referendum that could add a new sales tax in the county to fund transportation needs.

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