Kemp Reports Weekend Issue With Online Voter Registration

The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office says there were issues with the state’s online voter registration system over the weekend.

According to a statement from Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a technology provider for the Department of Driver Services attempted unsuccessfully to update a security certificate on Friday, causing some users of the Georgia Online Voter Registration System to receive error messages when submitting electronic applications over the weekend.

Kemp says the system backup for paper applications was successful in generating those applications, and our office observed a spike in those users over the weekend.

According to Kemp, the failed update at roughly 6:30 p.m. on Friday, September 30 and affected instant DDS verification of electronic voter registration applications.

Kemp says on Monday morning, the Secretary of State’s Elections Division discovered the error.

He adds it immediately alerted DDS to describe the severity of the issue and worked with officials to correct the mistake.

The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office says DDS was able to work with GTA and the technology provider to back out of the updated network certificate and fully restore connectivity at approximately 12:30 p.m.

Kemp says although they are not able to identify the number of affected users, any Georgian who attempted to register to vote using the Online Voter Registration System since September 30 should check their voter registration status using the “My Voter Page” (MVP) website and, if needed, update their voter registration before the October 11 voter registration deadline.

“My Voter Page” can be accessed at mvp.sos.ga.gov.