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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 15, 2025

Davidson County voter rolls lost 80,170 voters between December 2024 and June 2025, according to the latest report from Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett. The Davidson County Election Commission Facebook's page indicates that a major voter purge occurred between February and March of this year, when the county’s total eligible voters dropped from around 530,000 to 460,000. According to the Nashville Scene, most of the removals — about 66,000 — were inactive voters who failed to respond to registration confirmation notices or vote in two consecutive general elections. Another 13,710 active voters also were purged, leaving the county with 442,852 active voters ahead of this fall’s special election in the 7th Congressional District. The same report lists 25,973 voters purged in Shelby County, 18,367 in Rutherford County, 14,375 in Knox County, 14,335 in Hamilton County and 14,115 in Williamson County.