Subject: Re: Potential Statement on North Carolina voting
From: Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>
To: Sara Solow <[email-masked]>
Cc: Maya Harris <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Marc Elias <[email-masked]>, "Hagenbuch, Tyler J. (Perkins Coie)" <[email-masked]>, Corey Ciorciari <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Tony Carrk <[email-masked]>, Ashley Woolheater <[email-masked]>, Lily Adams <[email-masked]>, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:56:21 -0400

I think this is good, but would propose doing it as a day-after story. If
we issue a statement from her before polls close, I think it will be
interpreted as us expectation lowering or setting the stage about trying to
cry foul over something in NC

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Sara Solow <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Updated proposal below, with helpful edits from Corey.  (Also, here is a
> powerful story about a pending lawsuit concerning the NC law:
> http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-voter-id-20160204-story.html)
>
>
> The news today out of North Carolina about voting complications under the
> *state's* new voter ID law is deeply disturbing, and echoes reports in
> recent weeks about early voting throughout the state.  The facts speak for
> themselves:  North Carolina’s law was designed as a tool of voter
> suppression, and it is now operating to suppress hundreds if not thousands
> of votes.  Individuals across the state—*particularly young people,
> African Americans, and Latinos* —are being forced to cast provisional
> ballots or blocked from the polls altogether, because they do not have
> acceptable forms of identification.  *North Carolina's law is just one
> part of a targeted effort to disenfranchise Americ**ans across the
> country. It's time to call this type of restrictive voter ID law what it
> is: an attempt to roll back the clock on voting rights [and racial
> progress].*
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Sara Solow <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> There have been stories popping today about young persons in North
>> Carolina getting turned away from the polls or required to cast provisional
>> ballots.  There have been similar reports in recent days about problems
>> with early voting more broadly.
>>
>> If we want to weigh in ASAP  (there was some appetite for this on another
>> email chain),  I have drafted the below statement that could come from
>> HRC.   I'd welcome edits -- and of course, this would need to go through
>> Approvals etc -- but I think we'd want to say something quick.
>>
>> Draft Statement:  "The news today out of North Carolina about voting
>> complications under the new voter ID law is deeply disturbing, and echoes
>> reports in recent weeks about early voting throughout the state.  The
>> facts speak for themselves:  North Carolina’s law was designed as a tool
>> of voter suppression, and it is now operating to suppress hundreds if not
>> thousands of votes.  Individuals across the state—primarily young
>> people, students, and minorities—are being forced to cast provisional
>> ballots or blocked from the polls altogether, because they do not have
>> acceptable forms of identification.  This type of restrictive voter ID
>> law serves no purpose other than to distort elections and keep people from
>> engaging in our democracy."
>>
>> Reports:
>>
>>
>> http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/north-carolina-braces-strict-voter-id-law-ahead-tuesday-primary
>>
>>
>> http://billmoyers.com/story/north-carolinas-voter-id-law-could-block-218000-registered-voters-from-the-polls/
>>
>>
>