HB 12 clears first hurdle toward full passage

The work of the Georgia Republican Party Election Confidence Task Force is beginning to bear fruit! We want to congratulate Rep. Martin Momtahan and the House Governmental Affairs Committee for passage of HB 215 (Voter List Integrity Act).

HB 215 removes Georgia from the ERIC (Electronic Registration Information Center) system. It prohibits the Secretary of State from sharing sensitive private voter information with third party groups that share voter data outside of the explicit purpose of removing deceased, duplicate, or otherwise ineligible voters from the voter rolls.

Georgia taxpayers have been spending nearly $100,000 annually only to have bloated voter rolls. This bill will allow counties to conduct thorough voter list maintenance without compromising the privacy of Georgia’s citizens.

Ten states that used to be members of ERIC have quit the organization, citing the partisanship and data privacy concerns. In fact, every state around Georgia has quit ERIC and South Carolina has legislation to do the same.

We commend Rep. Martin Momtahan for his strong election integrity efforts.

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Josh McKoon
Chairman
Georgia Republican Party