Camden County elections staff told the Board of Elections and Registration on July 17 that the office mailed 3,257 electorless (no-activity) notices on July 10 under state statute and has more maintenance mailings scheduled for August.

Rock (staff member) reported that the July 10 mailers carried the NGE tag, which indicates no voter activity for two general elections, and that 487 of those mailers were returned to the office. “On July 10, there were 3,257 mailers sent out to voters with the tag of NGE,” Rock said. The board was told the county paid $2,377.61 for that NGE mailing, at a cost of 73¢ per piece.

Staff said the next set of mailings will be cross-state mailings scheduled for August, sent to active-status registrants the state identified through ERIC (the Electronic Registration Information Center) as having a driver’s license or voter registration in another state; those mailings will be handled by the secretary of state’s office. Staff also said an August “no contact” mailing will be sent to active registrants with no activity in five calendar years (or no activity since Dec. 31) pursuant to OCGA 21-2-234. The county is responsible for the no-contact mailing costs.

Elections staff warned that a July 13 postage-rate increase will raise future mailing costs but said the exact increase for upcoming mailings was not yet known. The office also plans to run National Change of Address (NCOA) updates in August to catch registrants who have moved out of county or out of state or who moved within the county.

Staff asked board members to review the county website’s elections page during an upcoming county website refresh and to flag any items that need editing or updating.

The board did not take a formal vote on the mailings during the meeting; staff presented figures and schedules for board awareness and operational planning.