From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarale.

This is The Daily.

Today, one candidate made a name for herself

trying to register voters.

The other rose to prominence trying to purge them from the roles.

How the most closely watched governors race in the country

became a battle over whose vote counts.

It's Monday, October 22nd.

A major dust up in the state of Georgia weeks before voters go to the polls to choose their governor.

Ryan Campbell is the self-described unapologetic conservative.

He'll face Democrat states.

The first female black governor in US history this fall.

The big twist here, though, is Kemp is also the man in charge of Georgia's elections.

While growing allegations of voter suppression are emerging in the rights groups,

say her opponent, Secretary of State, Brian Kemp, is suppressing votes

to keep potential voters for Stacey Abrams away from the polls.

Civil rights groups are now suing Kemp, alleging he is using his day job to suppress African American voter turnout.

Every time you talk about voting in the South, you have to begin with the Civil Rights Movement

and real, codified voter disenfranchisement.

That was true in that part of the country for decades.

A sted herndon covers politics for the times.

So our most urgent request to the president of the United States

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