Following Asa’s Thursday night address, it has become urgent that we contact our legislators. The legislature could be meeting as early as mid-week to affirm Asa’s “directives.” We need to insist that our legislators vote to END THE EMERGENCY. In the event they are not willing to end the emergency completely, then they should debate each directive separately, in an effort to pick off as many as possible.
- Call and e-mail the republican legislators. Their contact info is posted below.
- Please call your own senator and representative if they are on the list, but email each one on the list (in a separate email).
- Use this template:
Senator / Representative _____________:
I understand that the legislature will be meeting imminently as a committee of the whole to consider the governor’s Covid state of emergency. I implore you to vote to end the emergency. While there may be a few worthwhile facets of the emergency, those can be considered by legislation in January. The “directives,” which are really illegal “rules,” are not necessary and should not be imposed upon a free society. It is important, instead of rubber-stamping the governor’s directives (even for a temporary time period), that you debate each directive independently and vote up or down on the merits of each. Under no circumstance should you support or extend the governor’s unilateral powers usurped from the legislature for the past nine months.
We want our freedom back and our rights restored to the February normal. You will find some key facts related to Covid, along with a comprehensive research paper at https://reopenarkansas.org/legislators. I urge you to read and consider these points with an open mind. Your constituents are watching and expecting you to stand on the side of freedom and fulfill your oath of office by supporting and defending the state constitution and the constitutionally protected rights of Arkansans.
Respectfully,
(signed)