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Re: Potential Statement on North Carolina voting

Cool. Well the substance is largely ready if/when we want to deploy. On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Brian Fallon <bfallon@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > 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 <ssolow@hillaryclinton.com> > 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 <ssolow@hillaryclinton.com> >> 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/ >>> >>> >> >