Georgia is one of nine states where the Department of Homeland Security reportedly plans to conduct a voter fraud investigation ahead of the November midterm elections. According to a DHS memo obtained by CNN, the inquiry is expected to continue through mid-October. It follows an FBI raid earlier this year on the Fulton County elections office connected to an investigation of alleged irregularities in the 2020 election. Fulton County has denied wrongdoing and is challenging the federal action in court. Election experts continue to say there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in recent elections.

At the same time, a new independent audit commissioned by the Georgia Senate Appropriations Committee found the state's voter registration system to be 99.9% accurate. The Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts concluded that state and county voter-list maintenance complies with Georgia law and follows national best practices. Auditors estimated that no more than 0.1% of registrations could potentially allow voting with an unverified identity, address or eligibility status. Of Georgia's nearly 7.9 million voter registrations, 99.8% are linked to a Georgia REAL ID, while more than 98% are checked for citizenship when registering.

The timing creates an interesting contrast: federal authorities are preparing a new voter-fraud investigation in Georgia just as a state-ordered independent audit has concluded that Georgia's voter rolls are overwhelmingly accurate.

Source: Feds plan to launch voter fraud inquiry in Georgia