Brian Kemp tries to head off MAGA Republicans from challenging his likely win in Tuesday's GOP primary: 'In Georgia, it's easy to vote and hard to cheat'

No Georgian should doubt the fairness of Peach State elections, according to incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp.

Kemp has said that it is easy to vote and hard to cheat in Georgia. He is being challenged by David Perdue, who is expected to face off against the presumed Democratic nominee for governor.

Kemp's pitch, which was originally designed to provide political cover against former President Donald Trump's vendetta against Kemp for certifying Joe Biden's win, now also serves as a warning to those who might be tempted to question the outcome of the upcoming election.

Kemp told supporters May 19 at a rally in Evans, Georgia, that they all saw the mechanical issues with the 2020 election. He said he and Georgia state Sen. Max Burns took care of that with the Election Integrity Act of 2021.

The electoral changes Kemp has overseen since taking office have been explained to an Insider.

Burns said that the revisions, which made it harder to get a drop box, strengthened voter identification requirements, and banned the distribution of food and water to voters waiting in line, ensured that every legal vote counted. Period.

All I can tell the skeptics is to vote. Burns told Insider to cast your ballot.

Perdue gave Kemp some credit for reining in the distribution of Absentee Ballots and for limiting the number of drop box locations. He insists there is more to be done.

Perdue told supporters May 20 that he wants a full-on election law enforcement agency, as well as third-party audits of the elections, and getting rid of the voting machines.

Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger oversaw recounts of more than 5 million votes cast in the 2020 presidential election, as well as a statewide audit conducted by Kemp. Perdue was pulled out of retirement to challenge Kemp, and Trump backed Jody Hice's campaign to knock off Raffensperger.

The past year and a half has been devoted to sowing doubt about the elections. He advised Mehmet Oz to declare victory in the Pennsylvania Senate race because it made it harder for them to cheat.

Kemp can handle the revenge campaign. He is hopeful that losing candidates will go down well.

The voters made their decision, Burns said.