The dog whistle has been replaced by a megaphone

"I'm concerned about voter registration in Mississippi," [Mississippi election commissioner Gail Welch wrote on her Facebook page]. "The blacks are having lots (of) events for voter registration. People in Mississippi have to get involved, too."

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"I was just trying to strike a match under people and get them to vote — to get everybody to vote," she said. "This was not intended to be anything."

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"We've always in the past had whites really participating in registering to vote. So many people don't seem to be concerned about (voting)."

She said in an interview Monday that she thought she was sending a private message, but the comment was shared publicly on Facebook.

"This was an error on my part," she said.

  Hattiesburg American

Indeed.