“…You know, I hope people feel safe, but, uh, to go out and vote. But, if they don’t, you know, the number one thing is their safety should be number one, so if they don’t, um, then, then, don’t go out and vote. You know, you know, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard myself say that, but, but, you know if you didn’t feel safe than I wouldn’t do that…”

Today, at Governor Mike Parson’ (r) press conference.

Governor Mike Parson (r) – press conference – May 28, 2020.

On voting in the June 2, 2020 local elections:

Question: …Uh, Governor, there’s gonna be, uh, municipal and local elections all over the state June second. Um, do you plan on voting in the local elections, and, uh, are you gonna go in person?

Gov. Mike Parson (r): You know, I don’t know if I’ll go in person or absentee, yet, you know. Not for sure. But I’ll plan on voting then. If at all possible, if I can.

Question: Okay. And, um, is there any message that you have for Missourians who are contemplating, uh, going to vote in person on Tuesday?

Gov. Mike Parson (r): Yeah, I hope they get out and I hope they vote. That’s one of the most, uh, important things we can all do is to vote. I think most of your elected officials that I know of across the state, I think they’re well prepared, they know the situation. And I think they’re gonna make that safe. As any where else you go in the State of Missouri, whether it’s some other business or that. But, I, I’m confident that counties and the local elected officials understand, uh, what we’re up against here. And they’re gonna be, uh, uh, above all means they’re gonna be making sure it’s safe. It’s there. I think the Secretary of State was out a week or two ago, I mean to almost every polling place in the state making sure they had equipment there. Making sure they were prepared when this vote comes, so. You know, I hope people feel safe, but, uh, to go out and vote. But, if they don’t, you know, the number one thing is their safety should be number one, so if they don’t, um, then, then, don’t go out and vote. You know, you know, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard myself say that, but, but, you know if you didn’t feel safe than I wouldn’t do that. So, but I hope people feel safe enough to go out and vote. For those elections are important. They’re important for what happens down the road as we all see right now what elected officials on the local level are doing and how important it is to make sure you got the right people in the right place.

Every polling place? Really?

It’s nice to know what’s important.

Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].