Credit monitoring sign-up opens for Georgia voters

ATLANTA (AP) Registered voters can sign up for a year of credit monitoring provided by the Georgia secretary of state after his office released personal information in October.

The services from CSID became available Wednesday, 12 days after Brian Kemp announced that his office would cover the $1.2 million cost with reserve funds.

A lawsuit filed in November revealed that media and political parties received 12 CDs containing Social Security and drivers' license numbers and birth dates for nearly 6.2 million registered voters. Kemp said he's confident the information remained secure.

Kemp's office in a report this week faulted an employee who was fired on Nov. 17. That employee, Gary Cooley, said the report contained untrue statements.

Kemp has hired Deloitte to audit his office's technology operations, costing $395,000.