Nearly 95% of Georgia citizens over 18 years old registered to vote, according to recently released federal election data, clinching a key victory for voting rights activists who hoped to increase turnout in the increasingly competitive state.

At the time of the 2020 election, there were roughly 7.2 million active people registered in Georgia, leaving approximately 387,000 people in the eligible voting population unregistered, according to the Election Assistance Commission’s biennial report, which was released on Monday. The registered voter total marks a huge jump from 2016, when only 76% of eligible voters in the state were registered, and ony eight states had higher rates than Georgia, according to federal data.

The increase in the number of active voters in Chattooga County has also gone up.  The number of added voters in Chattooga County between Presidential election years 2012 and 2016 went up by almost 500 voters with 8,252 votes cast.  Then, in 2020 the number of people voting in the Presidential election jumped to 10,050 people.

The increase in the number of voters in Georgia will be something to watch in the 2022 political cycle.