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."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.