To: Governor Phil Bryant
Governor Phil Bryant must immediately retract his statement calling on voters to show ID at the p...
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Governor Bryant, the people of Mississippi call on you to immediately issue a retraction of your misleading statement to the Mississippi Economic Council calling on voters to present ID at their polling places this election. Furthermore, we call on you to clarify, unequivocally that photo ID is not required at the polls and the Voter ID law will not be in effect for this election on Tues., Nov. 6th. You are elected to represent ALL Mississippians and your actions are plain wrong, bordering on dereliction of your constitutional duty.
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Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant recently said at a gathering of the Mississippi Economic Council that voter's should show ID at the polls despite the Voter ID law not being enacted for this election on Tues., Nov. 6th. He is purposely misleading voters with these statements in his capacity as the highest elected official in the state of Mississippi. The people of Mississippi look to their Governor for guidance and leadership; purposely misleading voters while they prepare to exercise one of the most sacred rights we hold as Mississippians and Americans is plain wrong and bordering on dereliction of his elected duties to faithfully and fully represent ALL Mississippians. People have been beaten, murdered, and lives ruined to ensure that ALL people can equally vote regardless of status -- equating this right to buying cigarettes or alcohol is not only seriously offensive, it is just plain wrong: voting is a RIGHT, not a privilege.
Governor Bryant is encouraging poll workers to violate the voting rights of his state's citizens with such a misleading statement, putting the poll workers in jeopardy for engaging in such illegal acts.
We call on Governor Bryant to immediate issue a state retracting these remarks and fully and unequivocally clarify that voters do not have to show photo ID at the polls and the Voter ID law is not in effect for the election on Tues., Nov. 6th.
Governor Bryant's statement:
"If you have to show a ID to buy a pack of cigarettes or to buy alcohol, which you should, then certainly you ought to have to present an ID to vote, so that we are certain that you're not stealing someone else's liberty and their chance to vote," Bryant said.
ALSO: Let the Governor know what you think about his statement: http://www.governorbryant.com/contact/
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant recently said at a gathering of the Mississippi Economic Council that voter's should show ID at the polls despite the Voter ID law not being enacted for this election on Tues., Nov. 6th. He is purposely misleading voters with these statements in his capacity as the highest elected official in the state of Mississippi. The people of Mississippi look to their Governor for guidance and leadership; purposely misleading voters while they prepare to exercise one of the most sacred rights we hold as Mississippians and Americans is plain wrong and bordering on dereliction of his elected duties to faithfully and fully represent ALL Mississippians. People have been beaten, murdered, and lives ruined to ensure that ALL people can equally vote regardless of status -- equating this right to buying cigarettes or alcohol is not only seriously offensive, it is just plain wrong: voting is a RIGHT, not a privilege.
Governor Bryant is encouraging poll workers to violate the voting rights of his state's citizens with such a misleading statement, putting the poll workers in jeopardy for engaging in such illegal acts.
We call on Governor Bryant to immediate issue a state retracting these remarks and fully and unequivocally clarify that voters do not have to show photo ID at the polls and the Voter ID law is not in effect for the election on Tues., Nov. 6th.
Governor Bryant's statement:
"If you have to show a ID to buy a pack of cigarettes or to buy alcohol, which you should, then certainly you ought to have to present an ID to vote, so that we are certain that you're not stealing someone else's liberty and their chance to vote," Bryant said.
ALSO: Let the Governor know what you think about his statement: http://www.governorbryant.com/contact/