This may be our last chance to enact election law reform in NC for the next two years.
We need to be ready for 2024. Our NC Statutes are grossly inadequate to restore confidence in voting.
While we have made great strides, it is not enough. We need this final push,
Will you help by lobbying and making phone calls?
You live near Raleigh, in person, please lobby the 30 legislators responsible for moving the legislation forward.
The NC Legislature will remain in session for the remainder of July. Too much to do! We need to take full advantage. (We may be able to move some targeted legislation when they return in August for Redistricting, but there is no guarantee that will be an option.)
PLEASE contact the NC House Election Law and Campaign Finance Committee and the NC House Rules Committee. Ask your organization members to mobilize for this final push to lobby our NC representatives.
Click on the links below for four documents:
1. The revised Legislative Contact List- all House Members who serve in leadership, House Rules Committee, or House Elections Committee. Click here.
2. The updated highlights of our analysis of Senate Bill 747 (Omnibus Elections Bill), awaiting House Action next week. Click here.
3. Talking Points for activists who make contact with legislators or their Legislative Assistants. Click here.
4. Senate Bill 747(edition3) if you need it for cross-reference. Click here.
We need a full court press on our top 30 legislators next week. Their phones and emails ought to be pinging all day this coming Tuesday through Thursday. Folks can start making calls late Monday, but I seriously doubt they will be getting through to anyone except voicemails on Monday. Friday of next week will be the same, most likely.
I will be contacting all 1070 of our NCEIT members over the weekend to solicit their active engagement all next week. I pray you and your organizations will do the same. AMAC and ETI are valued partners and I am confident your help will be an important factor in our success.
I am planning to be walking the halls and visiting legislative offices all day Tuesday and Wednesday (and Thursday if necessary). I will make sure each and every influential legislator has our analysis in hand. I will keep you posted on what feedback we receive.
Let me know if you need anything further from the NCEIT team.
Warm Regards/
Jim Womack
NCEIT
(919) 770-4783