The Motor Voter Act is a key reason for increased voter participation in Georgia elections.

In 2011 the ACLU sued the State of Georgia for not complying with the Motor Voter Act which requires states to offer voter registration at public assistance offices including motor vehicle offices. In 2012, Georgia settled the lawsuit and agreed to comply with the Act. https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/georgia-agrees-comply-motor-voter-act-settlement-aclu-suit

In Stacey Abrams' November 2, 2020 interview with NPR, she credits the Act in helping to register 800,000 new voters.

KELLY: I mentioned you have been super focused on getting people out to vote, getting first-timers registered. You founded the voter rights organization Fair Fight, which looks like it has registered more than 800,000 new voters in Georgia. That is a lot. Talk to me about the significance, how that changes an election.

ABRAMS: I want to be clear. So I created an organization about six years ago called the New Georgia Project. That has focused exclusively on voter registration. And New Georgia Project is part of a consortium of organizations that have been working hard to register voters of color and voters who are unlikely voters. We also have had easier voting processes made possible because of the Motor Voter Act being really fully implemented in the state of Georgia. And so 800,000 new voters are an incredible number, but the credit should be shared.

I will say, of those numbers, what we are excited about is that 45% of those new voters are under the age of 30. Forty-nine percent are people of color. And all 800,000 came on the rolls after November '18, which means these are voters who weren't eligible to vote for me but are eligible to participate in this upcoming election. And we have been working assiduously to get them turned out.