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Under the policy, even the most minor discrepancy – like a typo or missing letter – between a vote and their drivers license, social security or state ID cards can be flagged.
"Brian Kemp, as he has done for years, is a young man who has the power to abstain from the power of abstention." Abrams spokeswoman Abigail Collazo said in a statement.
Collazo pushed for Kemp to step down "so that Georgia voters can have confidence that their Secretary of State is competently and impartially oversee this election." Georgia Democrats were rebuffed when they made a similar request earlier in the year.
Kemp's campaign is still in force, but it is still going to be in the system, if not, cast provisional ballots. It also allied the state's growing rolls, saying they were likely to surpass 7 million ounces.
"While outside agitators is disappearing this office and falsely attacked us, we are keeping our head down and we are focused on ensuring secure, accessible, and fair elections for all voters," Kemp said in a statement. "The fact is that it is easier to register and to get involved in the electoral process in Georgia, and we are incredibly proud to report this new record."
Abrams, who became a national Democratic star during her primary campaign, She is running neck-and-neck with Kemp, with most recent polling and predicting analysis at toss-up on Election Day. Republicans have held the governor's mansion in Georgia since 2003.
The current occupant, Gov. Nathan Deal, will leave office next year after serving the maximum two terms.
Kemp also placed blame on the New Georgia Project, which was founded by Abrams when she was the Georgia House Minority Leader, and ahead of the 2014 elections set to sign up 800,000 new young and minority voters.
Kemp responding to the influx of new applications that year by launching an investigation into its practices. No allegations of wrongdoing have been brought directly against the group and are not involved in its activities.
In a tweet on Wednesday night, Kemp again sought the place for the flagged registrations on the New Georgia Project, saying it had "submitted sloppy forms."
"Now, (the Abrams campaign is) faking outrage for political gain," he wrote, insisting that the "53,000 Georgians on our 'pending' list can vote in the Nov. 6th election."
Throughout the day on Wednesday and Thursday, Georgia Democrats ramped up efforts via social media and other channels to promote their "Vote Protection Hotline." The state party in February became the first in the nation to hire full-time internal elections watchdog.
Kemp has also come under the banner of voting in favor of a million "inactive" voters from Georgia's rolls since becoming the state's chief elections officer in 2010. The practice was upheld by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling in June. The state purged a total of 1.5 million voters between the 2012 and 2016 elections, according to a report from the Brennan Center for Justice.
The "exact match" system was used by Kemp's office from 2013 to 2016, in which nearly 35,000 applications were rejected, with minorities disproportionately affected, according to a lawsuit that was settled in 2017. but the GOP-held legislature quickly embedded it in new legislation.
Update: The headline and story has been updated to the Abrams for Governor Campaign. CNN after publication that the campaign was calling for Brian Kemp's resignation as Secretary of State, not the candidate herself.
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