Dear Editor,

Republican Doug MacGinnitie is my candidate to be Georgia’s next Secretary of State. 

If we’re going get our state going back in the right direction, we’re going to need some new leaders. Doug is passionate about making sure that our overseas military men and women have an easier time voting by making sure that they have better ballot access. Doug MacGinnitie has shown leadership on this issue by launching the Web site www.HelpHeroesVote.com. He has already formed a committee that includes some top ranking military officials and technology minds so Georgia can finally improve voting conditions for our most honorable citizens — our military personnel.     

Doug has an impressive track record of leadership in both the non-profit and business community. He’s been an entrepreneur and executive. He co-founded a company here in Georgia that today is a national organization with over 500 employees.  He’s also run an international non-profit that raises AIDS awareness among African youths. We need more of that kind of real world experience in our elected officials.  

Doug MacGinnitie is a good conservative Republican who got his start in the Reagan White House. He is not a career politician. He has a strong business background that will bring fiscal responsibility back to Georgia’s leadership. For these reasons and more, I will cast my vote in the Republican primary for Doug MacGinnitie, and I encourage my Effingham County neighbors to do the same.  We need a good conservative like him in office.

Taton Thompson

Rincon