Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams says she expects 'unprecedented turnout' and a fair election

Democrat Stacey Abrams, who would be the country's first black woman governor if she bests rival Brian Kemp (R) in Georgia, said on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday she expects a fair election despite concerns about her state's electoral policies.

"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 suppression," Abrams said. "Because one of the best ways to encourage people to use something is to tell them that someone's trying to take it away."

Kemp is also Georgia's secretary of state, and in that capacity he administered an "exact match" policy that required voter registrations to precisely match official documents on file with the state. Kemp has purged 1.4 million voters' registrations since 2012, disproportionately affecting the state's black and Hispanic voters, and the exact match requirement prevented 53,000 of them from re-registering. A judge on Friday ruled against Kemp in a lawsuit concerning the policy.

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Watch the full interview below; the election results discussion begins shortly after the one-minute mark. Bonnie Kristian