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Governor. wouldnt it make sense for someone in that position to recuse themselves? but alas -- >> trymaine lee is live in atlanta and has been looking at this. trymaine, just days ago a federal judge ruled that the states exact match rule was, quote, a severe burden for voters. are people who are going to vote aware of what these voter suppression tactics are all about, and are they able to overcome them? >> reporter: ali, i tell you what, folks across the city are very much aware of the judges ...

Naturalized u.s. citizens if gaflt whose voters registrations were placed on hold must be allowed to vote on tuesday. ryan kemp was trying to prevent them from voting, citing a state law that critics say is designed to oppress minority voting. thats the subject of a cnn special report tonight. our senior national correspondent is joining us now with a preview. what does this federal ruling mean for these georgia voters? >> reporter: well, in short, it means that those 3,000-plus votes, wolf, are...

>> mr. kemp, youre out of time. >> the right to vote is a right. i grew up in a family that fought for the right to vote before they were old enough to do so. my father was arrested helping people register. so i take the right to vote very seriously. i only believe that those who have the legal eligibility to vote should cast a ballot. but i also understand that under secretary kemp, more people have lost the right to vote in the state of georgia. theyve been purged. theyve been suppressed. >> s...

Could we please get over this? they lost. okay. so listen, lets talk about, this is a very important story we want to talk about. voting rights, a big deal in this race. the issue is kemps enforcement of a rule known as the exact match rule. now, this rule requires names on voting rolls to precisely match names in other state records, okay? so according to the associated press, of the 53,000 voters put on hold through this process, 70% of them, african-americans. heres what kemp said when he was...

State of georgia. theyve been purged. theyve been suppressed. >> symone, problem for kemp? how bad is it? >> i think it is a problem for brian kemp, and let me tell you why. because this exact match rule, this law used to be a policy of the secretary of states office. brian kemp said there on the debate stage that he was -- that the new georgia project sued and they lost. thats not true. they sued, and they came to an agreement with the secretary of states office. and then what happened, the leg...

Opposes the confederacy and supports the first amendment is extreme. i think she engaged in a first amendment action. the symbol is no longer on the georgia flag anyway. i mean, look, i dont think this is going to be relevant to most people. and i dont know -- i dont know what kemps position on the whole thing is, but at the end of the day, she has a first amendment right to engage in any kind of free speech she wants. and i just -- i dont think most people are going to take issue with somebody ...

Order of someones name is correct. is not a reason to keep people off the voting rolls. and look, we know as youve just said that the majority of people who are being impacted by this new exact match rule are people of color, specifically african-americans. people who may have issues around having the requisite i.d. that states like georgia are requiring. again, alex, this goes against the grain of what a democracy should stand for and its not at all what other nations do. other nations try to i...

Are mostly from african-americans. it is because kemps office says it is requiring their voting information to be absolutely identical to other state records. now kemp is running against stacy abrams and she could become the first african-american female governor ever in the united states. lets talk about these 53,000 pending voter registrations. how might that affect turn-out? >> it could affect turnout greatly if voters feel they might be challenged at the polls it can provide a deterrent to v...