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This is not the first time Kemp has raised allegations about attempts to infiltrate the secretary of state’s computer network. Just days after the 2016 presidential election, Kemp requested a federal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security, citing 10 suspected unauthorized attempts by DHS personnel to penetrate the state’s firewall.

A report from the Inspector General of DHS released in July 2017, concluded that allegations were unsubstantiated. The investigation determined that the activity flagged by Kemp was the “result of normal and automatic computer message exchanges,” and that there were no unauthorized intrusion attempts.

Voting rights have been a central issue in the campaign over the past several months, and Kemp has resisted calls, including from former President Jimmy Carter, to recuse himself from overseeing an election in which he is running.

Kemp’s office has been under fire for weeks after an investigation by the Associated Press found that more than 50,000 registrations, the vast majority from African-American voters, had been put on hold because data in their voter registration applications did not exactly match other government records.

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PHOTO: Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp rolled out a new policy aimed at veterans at a press conference at his Atlanta headquarters, Aug. 29, 2018.
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Civil rights’ groups have sued Kemp over that so-called “exact-match” law and over allegations that hundreds of absentee ballot were tossed after election workers determined that the signatures on the ballot applications did not match those on file. Federal judges ruled against Kemp in both instances.

“He twice this week was told by federal judges that he was wrong when it comes to voter suppression,” Abrams said Sunday. “They forced him to restore access to the right to vote for those who are casting absentee ballots and those who on the exact match list. He is trying to rile up his base by misleading voters yet again.\"

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PHOTO: Voters cast ballots at a polling station open for early voting in the C.T. Martin Natatorium & Recreation Center in Atlanta, Oct. 16, 2018.
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Later Sunday, Kemp’s office released another brief statement indicating that the investigation into the state’s Democratic Party was opened “after receiving information from our legal team about failed efforts to breach the online voter registration system and My Voter Page. We are working with our private sector vendors and investigators to review data logs.”

\"The Democratic Party of Georgia will stop at nothing to regain relevance and power in our state,\" said Ryan Mahoney, Communications Director for Kemp’s gubernatorial campaign. \"In an act of desperation, the Democrats tried to expose vulnerabilities in Georgia's voter registration system. This was a 4th quarter Hail Mary pass that was intercepted in the end zone. Thanks to the systems and protocols established by Secretary of State Brian Kemp, no personal information was breached. These power-hungry radicals should be held accountable for their criminal behavior.”

ABC News’ Jack Date and Jeffrey Cook contributed to this report.

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