there s no disenfranchisement. there s no disenfranchisement for the african-americans. there s no disenfranchisement for the caucasian community. reporter: the camp in abrams campaign condemned this writing an e-mail to supporters, voter suppression is alive and well in georgia. and it s being pushed by a kemp associate. a spokeswoman tells cnn, our office did not recommend mr. malone to county officials to propose consolidation. and as backlash against the plan mounted, kemp s office says malone retracted his claim this week that the closures are highly recommended by kemp s office. cnn s calls to carl malone were not returned. after a week of international criticism, the two-member board of elections unanimously settled the controversy in a minute-long pa packed public meeting.