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Georgia voters accusing him of using "the official powers of his office to interfere in the election to benefit himself and his political party and disadvantage his opponents." now secretary of state kemp oversaw an electoral notorious for implementing measures to make it harder to vote. purging -- 53,000 registrations on hold before the deadline. for more how abrams campaign is fighting to get a runoff election, i'm speaking to the campaign manager for stacey abrams. lauren, where do things hand right now? >> thank you for having me, chris. i want to just start by saying that from the beginni...

Following the lawsuit filed by georgia voters accusing him of a using "the official powers of his office to interfere in the election to benefit himself and his political party and disadvantage his opponents."rt now secretary of state kemp oversaw an electoral notorious for implementing measures to make it harder to vote. purging -- 53,000 registrations on hold before the deadline. for more how abrams campaign is fighting to get a runoff election, i'm speaking to the fi campaign manager for stacey abrams. lauren, where do things hand right now? >> thank you for having me, chris. i want to just...

The mischaracterization or the mismatching of one's ballot application to the actual voter maintenance rolls was that he felt that stacey abrams, who was in charge of trying to galvanize voters before she was a candidate and trying to get people to vote, that it was her fault that there were mismatches in the long run. she's to blame why you had to have this purging at the last minute. it's predictable, it's incoherent not to actually have any proof at this point in time. and really, it's just a tactic that should be used and ignored. >> wow point out, this is a guy who's basically a player in...

Probably have a lot less concerns about it if he had stepped down or taken himself out. at this stage of the game, what has happened with regard to the voter list and the votedr rolls i think everything has gone in the proper -- >> oh, i would not say that. >> he's disproportionately affected minority voters. the whole thing smells. whether it's legitimate or not -- but you know, purging people from the rolls because they don't have a hyphen in their names, things like that, i get it. the court should step in. >> the message may not be out to particularly those among the 50,000 who were told t...

It's always a heavier live for democrats in the midterm. in places like georgia where there is a competitive gubernatorial race was stacy abrams who could be the first african-american woman to be a governor and so much discussion around voting rights and purging voter rolls, someone like barack obama bringing his voice into that could potentially have an impact. ultimately it's about the candidate on the ballot. in this final stretch people have to work harder. >> oprah winfrey was down there too. i'll stay with you for second. let's think outside the base. when you consider individual record...