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Ive got a question for you. what is the bigger threat to our democracy in the midterm elections? is it voter fraud or is it voter suppression? so president trump would have you believe falsely that its voter fraud. while the courts are looking at voter suppression. theres a federal hearing tomorrow in georgia over rejected absentee ballots. rejected because they fail to meet the state exact match standard that says a persons information needs to match other public records. just one letter or cha...

Voter suppression. theres a federal hearing tomorrow in georgia over rejected absentee ballots. rejected because they fail to meet the state exact match standard that says a persons information needs to match other public records. just one letter or character off is enough. but activists say the rejections disproportionately affect minority verts. the exact match standard affects around 53,000 people statewide in georgia, and nearly 70% of them are african-americans. but these sorts of laws rest...

Are red hot, as you mentioned, early voting gets under way. in kefls capacity as secretary of state of the state of georgia, his job is oversight of elections. now, stacey abrams is calling for him to step down from the position. the problem here being that more than 53,000 voter registration applications, they are on hold. the problem, as the state sees it, is that they have failed to clear the states exact match standard. this is a policy that has been passed under brian kemp. and to add to th...

>> lots to watch. youll be back tomorrow with another race? >> yeah. we have a couple coming this week and till election day. >> thank you. ncht we want to head south to georgia where allegations are heating up over voter suppression. you had republican senator who was on georgia tech campus. he was campaigning for bryan kemp. thats the republican candidate. a student came up to senator perdue and asked about the new reports that 53,000 voter applications on hold. nearly 70% of which are afric...

Voter registration applications on hold because they fail to clear the states exact match standard. the associated press found nearly 70% of the applications belong to african americans. cnn correspondent jessica dean has the story. >> reporter: weeks before voters go to the polls to choose governor, the latest point of contention, allegations georgia secretary of state brian kemp is using voter verification law to suppress thousands of african-american voters. kemp is running on the republican ...

Let us not believe that its just relegated to the south. we saw what happened in north dakota with the native-american population being suppressed. in wisconsin in 2016, we know how much president trump won that by such a narrow margin. however, this goes back to 2013 supreme court decision which unveiledated section five and has allowed for a lot of per se suppressive techniques and its terrible. you have multiple organizations fighting this things on multiple fronts. my group, the national vot...

Trumps tax cuts juiced corporate profits. the federal reserve is a firefighter here. allegations of voter suppression. the georgia governors race. the campaign calling on the republican candidate to resign as secretary of state. that demand coming after the associated press report revealed georgia put on hold 53,000 voter registration applications. the reason? they failed to clear the states exact match standard. that meets the most minor discrepancy like a typo or missing letter disqualified ...

That coming after the associated press report revealed georgia put a hold on 53,000 voter registration applications with nearly 70% of them belonging to african-americans. the reason? they failed to clear the states exact match standard. that means the most minor discrepancy like typo or missing letter disqualified them. abrams is running neck and neck with temperatukemp. today is the deadline to register to vote in idaho, oklahoma, new york and north carolina. harvey weinsteins lawyer claim...

The weather. i think in the era of trump everything is political. football is political, everything is political. so the artists are reflecting that in their stances. >> its such an interesting point. i also want to get your perspective on the georgia governor race that were seeing neck and neck. youve got your democratic candidate stacey abrams. they are saying brian kemp should resign in an uproar of voter registration. a new report shows georgia has put a hold on more than 53,000 voter regist...

Election and in georgia, there is a heavily watched governors race and its in a statistical dead heat. a new poll shows brian kemp who is also the republican candidate at 48% and his democratic opponent, stacy abrams, at 46%. the abrams campaign is calling for kemp to resign after a report that allegedly his office is using a new law to suppress minority voters under the so-called exact match law. even a minor discrepancy on a voter registration like a typo or missing letter can be flagged if it...