Voting rights is a contentious issue across the country this election season. Nowhere is that more clear than Georgia where the Republican gubernatorial nominee Brian Kemp is also Secretary of State — and thus in charge of the state’s elections.
He and his Democratic opponent, Stacey Abrams, have sparred over voting for years, and things have flared up again.
The latest occurrence? The news that 53,000 Georgians who applied to register to vote are on the “pending” list due to the state’s exact match policy. It’s spurred calls for Kemp’s resignation from Abrams — and about 150 people at a rally outside the Georgia State Capitol Friday.
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