County will purge voter rolls

Inactive voters will be removed from list unless they update status

Almost 1,100 Escambia County, Ala., registered voters will be subject to having their names removed from the voter rolls unless they update their registration with the board of registrars.

The Escambia County Commission approved an agreement during Monday's meeting with the Alabama Secretary of State's office for the voter file maintenance, which will be paid by the state.

Since 1997 each county's board of registrars are mandated to conduct the voter maintenance by January following the election. It occurs every four years.

If a voter has not voted in the past two consecutive presidential e...