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Georgias match system which put 50,000 voter registrations on hold, 50% of which were for black voters. we still dont have equal access to the polls today, and you only have to look at 2018, the midterm elections then. >> polling stations closed, rollback of votes. democrats in general, you think about some of the bills the house democrats, for instance, are trying to push forward centering on voting rights, making it easier to vote, the access to the ballot easier, making election day a holiday...

That you would trust the results. do you still feel that way? >> i do. we have seen unprecedented turnout in this race from people who normally do not engage and do not vote. some of that has been driven by the conversations of voter zhu pegs because one of the best ways to encourage people to use something is to tell them someone is trying to take it away. luckily we have had two court decisions against brian kemp. one that requires that absentee ballots be counted even if the signatures arent ...

>> i do. we have seen unprecedented turnout in this race from people who normally do not engage and do not vote. some of that has been driven by the conversations of the voter suppression. one of the best ways to encourage people to use something is to tell them someone is trying to take it away. luckily we have had two court decisions against brian kemp. one that requires absentee ballots be counted even if the signatures arent exactly the same and a second one that forces him to stop using the...

Results. do you still feel that way? >> i do. we have seen unprecedented turnout in this race from people who normally do not engage and do not vote. some of that has been driven by the conversations of the voter suppression. one of the best ways to encourage people to use something is to tell them someone is trying to take it away. luckily we have had two court decisions against brian kemp. one that requires absentee ballots be counted even if the signatures arent exactly the same and a second ...

State, native americans are well represented in communities that have a p.o. box. in the state of georgia, were talking about the exact match system that requires people to have their name on their registration be identical to their name perhaps on their i.d. card. something thats a hyphen or an apostrophe could turn up making your application pinged and many are feeling their vote wont count because of this. >> every vote counts. doesnt matter who you support. its one of the best parts of being...

Lets start in georgia where the man running is also secretary of state, and kemp already cut 600 voters from the rolls, and now theres an exact match system, where if the voters name doesnt match exactly, that name is put into a pending list, and 53,000 people and counting on now on that list. nearly 70% of them are african-american, in a state that is 32% black. kemps opponent happens to be the first black woman that is the first major nominee running in state history. and now one democratic me...

Blames everyone else. voting should not be a question of trust on the part of voters, whether they can trust the system. and right now he is eroding the public trust in the system because 53,000 people have been told you may be able to vote, you may not. its up to you to prove it. >> leader abrams, are you suggesting -- you havent said it on the show so far, but the way this is being depicted in georgia media and across the country is that this is brian kemp being racially motivated. are you say...

State legislature to allow him to make the same mistake again. when you know what youre doing will have a disproportion naths affect on people of color and women, that erodes the public trust in the system and that is problem matic >> can you explain to voters why you think the exact match system is disproportionately targeting women and people of color? it requires that there not be any discrepancy between somebodys i.d. and somebodys name and how they appear on the voter rolls. >> exactly. so ...

People in a proper fashion and we did not have this flawed exact match system, that he knew was flawed because we sued him in 2016, and a federal judge forced him to restore 43,000 registrations. this say failed system designed to scare people out of voting and make it harder for those willing to push through, make it harder for them to vote. >> leader abrams, he argues hes doing his job, the exact match law was passed by the state legislature last april, sitting secretary of state. he says why ...

Disproportionate effect on people of color and women and you do it anyway, that erods trust in the system and that is problematic. >> can you explain to voters why you think the exact match system is disproportionately targeting women and people of color? it requires that there not be any discrepancy between somebodys i.d., name and how they appear in the voter rolls. >> exactly. college professor in the a.p. story, because the hyphen was left out by either someone typing in the information at t...