ATLANTA — On the last day leading up to the 2018 midterm election, Georgia's gubernatorial candidates are racing across the state to get last-minute votes while also answering questions about a weekend bombshell, accusing Georgia Democrats of a failed attempt to hack the state's online voter registry.
Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams campaigned through southeast Georgia on Monday morning.
A day earlier, the secretary of state’s office announced it was launching an investigation into possible hacking by the state Democratic party.
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On Good Morning America, Abrams said she believes Republican Brian Kemp is lying to try to win the election.
“I do. In fact, I think he cooked up the charge because he realizes, once again, he’s left 6 million voters’ information vulnerable. This has happened twice before,” Abrams said.
Abrams and the Democrats have long accused Kemp of voter suppression, something Kemp vehemently denies.
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She thinks he has left that voter information vulnerable to hackers.
“This is another failure of his leadership, and he recognizes that if he got caught two days before the election, having exposed so many Georgian’s, he would lose,” Abrams said.
Channel 2 political reporter Richard Elliot was there Monday morning as Kemp prepared to barnstorm across the state for some last-minute campaigning.
Elliot asked him about the investigation into the hacking allegations.
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“Look, I’ve taken this to the FBI and the GBI and Homeland Security. They’re investigating, and we’ll have an update after the meeting,” Kemp said.
Kemp did not produce any evidence of the hacking but insisted the voter registration information remains secure.
“We’re handling this like any other incident we would get dealing with a potential cybercrime. That’s really all I can comment on right now, but they’re handling that on the official side,” Kemp told Elliot.
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