According to the exact match policy, voter registration information must match government records exactly. For example, if a person with a hyphenated name does not have the hyphen on their registration documents but does have it on their government issued ID, they could be denied registration. “Some people who wanted to register to vote couldn’t do so before Stacey Abrams last time,” says Dr. Mary-Kate Lizotte, Professor of Political Science at Augusta University. “And so these people couldn’t vote, and Stacey Abrams and her organization have argued that this is likely to affect certain groups more than others, particularly historically marginalized groups like minorities.”
