Georgia election officials say a new state audit found the state’s voter registration rolls have achieved a 99.9% accuracy rate when it comes to records that could potentially allow an ineligible or improperly verified individual to vote.

According to the audit report, auditors estimated that no more than 0.1% of voter registration records could have allowed an individual to vote despite having an unverified identity, invalid residential address or unverified eligibility.

State officials are pointing to the findings as evidence that Georgia has become a national leader in maintaining accurate voter registration lists.

Maintaining voter rolls involves regularly reviewing registration records for voters who have moved, died or otherwise become ineligible, while also ensuring that eligible voters are not improperly removed.

The audit findings are particularly significant in Georgia, where voter registration and election administration have received intense scrutiny during recent election cycles.

The report’s 99.9% figure does not mean that every piece of information contained in every voter record was necessarily perfect. Rather, the audit estimated that no more than one-tenth of one percent of records had issues serious enough that they potentially could have allowed someone to vote despite an unverified identity, invalid residential address or unverified eligibility.

Georgia election officials say the findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the state’s efforts to maintain accurate voter rolls while protecting access for legally registered voters.