SOUTHERN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS THIS AFTERNOON PASSED A VOTING RIGHTS ACT RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY TEXAS GOVERNOR BILL CLEMENTS. GOVERNOR CLEMENTS INTRODUCED THE PROPOSAL THIS WEEK AT THE SOUTHERN GOVERNORS CONVENTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE RESOLUTION COMMENDS CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT FOR PASSING THE EXTENSION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. GOVERNOR CLEMENTS SAYS IT IS VITAL THE RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICAN VOTERS BE GUARANTEED. GOV. CLEMENTS: I AM PLEASED THE SOUTHERN GOVERNORS HAVE SUPPORTED THE PROPOSAL AND JOINED ME IN PRAISING THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT IN THEIR ACTION. I HAVE CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED THE EXTENSION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED EVERYONE SHOULD BE GUARANTEED THE RIGHT TO VOTE. THROUGH THE EXTENSION OF THE ACT, THE RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICANS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT RESOLUTION AND OTHER PROPOSALS, GOVERNOR CLEMENTS WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTHERN GOVERNORS CONVENTION.
