An Open Letter to Governor Brian Kemp

An Open Letter to Governor Brian Kemp

The FBI Seized Georgia's Election Materials — Your State, Your Authority

By maveriQ B Jackson | February 4, 2026

Dear Governor Kemp,

I am a Democrat writing to a Republican. I am a candidate for Colorado State House District 23 writing to the Governor of Georgia. We have never met. We likely disagree on most policy issues.

But I am writing to you today because what happened last week in your state threatens every state in this union—including mine.

The Federal Government Seized Georgia's Election Materials

Last week, the FBI seized ballots, tabulator tapes, and voter rolls from Fulton County. This was not a routine investigation. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was personally present at the seizure.

These are Georgia's election materials. They belong to the people of Georgia, administered by officials elected by Georgians, under laws passed by the Georgia General Assembly. They do not belong to the federal government.

Yesterday, President Trump called for Republicans to "nationalize the voting" and "take over" elections from states. The Heritage Foundation—the organization behind Project 2025—states on its own website: "We will always oppose a federal takeover of our elections by Washington elites."

When the seizure of your state's ballots is followed immediately by a call to nationalize elections, this is not a coincidence. This is a pattern.

You Have Stood Up Before

Governor Kemp, you know what it means to defend your state's election authority against federal pressure. You lived it.

In November and December 2020, you faced intense pressure to overturn Georgia's election results. The President called you personally. He demanded you convene a special session to appoint alternative electors. He publicly attacked you, called you a "disaster," and endorsed primary challengers against you.

You refused. You certified the results. You told the President: "I'm sorry, but you're wrong."

You won re-election anyway—by a larger margin than before. Georgia voters respected that you chose the Constitution over political convenience.

In 2020, the pressure was political. In 2026, the pressure is physical. Federal agents have now taken your state's ballots.

The Precedent Being Set

I need to be direct with you about what this means for the future.

If the federal government can seize Georgia's election materials today under a Republican administration, what stops a future Democratic administration from seizing Texas's election materials? Or Florida's? Or any red state's?

The answer is: nothing—if this precedent is allowed to stand.

Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution grants states the authority to conduct elections. This was not an accident. The Founders deliberately decentralized election administration because they knew that whoever controls the elections controls the government.

The precedent you allow today becomes the weapon used against you tomorrow.

This Is Bigger Than Georgia

I have written an open letter to all 50 governors calling for a united, bipartisan defense of state sovereignty. You can read it at votemaveriq.com/post/governors-letter.

That letter details what else has happened:

• Two American citizens—Renée Good and Alex Pretti—were killed by federal agents in Minneapolis

• A Purple Heart veteran was forced to self-deport to South Korea

• Detention camps are being built on military bases under a $55 billion contract

• A federal judge found ICE violated at least 96 court orders in Minnesota

• A federal court ruled the administration violated the Constitution by cancelling grants based on how states voted

But Georgia is the only state where the federal government has physically seized election materials. That makes your voice uniquely important right now.

What I Am Asking

I am not asking you to agree with me on policy. I am not asking you to change parties. I am not asking you to support my candidacy.

I am asking you to do what you did in 2020: defend Georgia's constitutional authority over its own elections.

Specifically, I am asking you to:

1. Issue a public statement asserting Georgia's authority over its election materials and opposing federal seizure

2. Direct Attorney General Chris Carr to pursue legal action to recover Georgia's election materials

3. Coordinate with other governors—Republican and Democrat—to present a united front against federal election takeover

4. Publicly oppose any effort to "nationalize" elections, as President Trump called for yesterday

The Constitution Over Party

Governor Kemp, I am a Democrat. You are a Republican. But the Constitution does not belong to either party. State sovereignty does not belong to either party. The principle that Georgia's elections belong to Georgians does not belong to either party.

In 2020, you chose the Constitution over political pressure. Georgia respected you for it. History will remember you for it.

The moment has come again. The stakes are higher. The threat is no longer a phone call—it's federal agents with Georgia's ballots in their hands.

If not now, when? If not you, who?

Respectfully,

maveriQ B Jackson

Candidate, Colorado State House District 23

Lakewood, Colorado

contact@votemaveriq.com | votemaveriq.com | (970) 725-6656

— mav QBJ