for 20 years, mcwhorter used this barbershop as his mailing address.unusual letter. his voter statuses with being challenged. >> i had to put on my glasses just to make sure it said what it was saying. >> reporter: mcwhorter was told to respond or risk the canlation of your voter registration. >> why would someone challenge my right to vote? >> reporter: the county was not challenging mcwhorter's right to vote. a citizen of dekalb county was. her name, gail lee. she filed this document alleging mcwhorter had improperly registered to vote using a commercial address. lee went to mcwhorter's barbershop and took pictures to prove the point. >> had you ever met gail lee? >> no. i didn't know mrs. lee from a can of paint. >> i think god has been leading me in this. >> reporter: gail lee is a retiree who lives with her husband. she invited us to the back porch of her suburban dekalb county home. >> what is your feeling about who won the 2020 election? >> i believe donald trump won the election. >> reporter: lee became convinced something was wrong with voting

attestation. >> reporter: 10 days after mcwhorter's registry should have been challenged, he defendedright to vote. >> i paid taxes here for 20 years. even though i was homeless. >> reporter: for the first time, he faced gail lee. >> for you to challenge me, you have that right as a citizen of dekalb county . but i certainly give you that right. >> it was hurtful. >> reporter: have you come up with the expedition of what the motive is? >> to disenfranchise a certain demographic . to try to put your foot on someone else's neck. >> what he had to do was call up the office and give his address. >> reporter: afterwards, mcwhorter updated his address to come into technical compliance. >> can you understand how people who are african-american might feel this deeply, personally that your work feel threatening to them? >> i would think that they would want their vote protected, to. because, someone who does not belong on the roles would take away their vote. >> reporter: gail lee, who filed the paperwork , says, quote, cleaner voter rolls will make elections more fair. we spoke with one elect

. >> reporter: james mcwhorter is a barber in atlanta, and registered to vote at the barbershop addressfor a time homeless. in october at a public hearing, he defended his right to vote. >> reporter: for you to be able to challenge me, you have that right as a citizen, of dekalb county, but i served to give you that right. >> reporter: talking to gail lee, lee believes that former president trump won the 2020 election and spends hours scouring dekalb voter rolls, she found that james mcwhorter's voter registration was linked to the barbershop, not a home address and therefore invalid. >> i am requesting these charges today -- >> reporter: 500 challenges and is one of those citizens loose in georgia and other states convince the roles are riddled with fraud. >> it's not true, it's just not true. >> reporter: we found 80,000 challenges to voter registration in georgia since 2021. the process is legal. one citizen can challenge an unlimited number of registrations. dekalb board election chair carly swift told us that challenges are administrative and technical errors that should not to dep

she found that mcwhorter's voter registration was linked to the barbershop, not a residential addressid. >> i am requesting these charges today -- >> reporter: lee says she has filed about 500 challenges and is one of those citizens sleuths in georgia and other states convince the roles are riddled with fraud. >> it's not true, it's just not true. >> reporter: we found 80,000 challenges to voter registration in georgia since 2021. the process is legal. one citizen can challenge an unlimited number of registrations. dekalb board election chair carly swift told us that challenges are administrative and technical errors that should not deprive georgians the right to vote. swift and her colleagues have spent hundreds of hours steering voter challenges, the patterns have emerged. >> it's young voters. it's people of color. and its people that are unhoused. >> reporter: have you in your mind come up with the explanation of what the motive is? >> to disenfranchise a certain demographic. you are trying to put your foot on someone else's neck. >> all he had to do was call up the office and giv