[1]Voting While Black

Hey John, 

I’m emailing to give an update on results from the Los Angeles District
Attorney’s race on March 3rd.  

The results call for a runoff between George Gascón and Jackie Lacey. The
runoff election will take place in November because no individual
candidate was able to secure more than 50 percent of the total vote
count.^1 

Our fight for progressive criminal justice reform has become even more
urgent due to the coronavirus pandemic. LA County has the largest jail
population in the United States. Folks serving time in these overcrowded
jails are at heightened risk for becoming infected, and only 10% of the
jail population has been released so far.^2 

We have to be clear here. DA Jackie Lacey is responsible for LA’s
overcrowded jails. And now more than ever, we need a District Attorney
that will end predatory incarceration of Black and brown people -- not
just when we’re living through a public health emergency. We have an
uphill battle against Lacey. She nearly won the primary election, and we
cannot let that happen again in November. [ [link removed] ]Will you donate to our LA
County digital fund so we can continue engaging with Black voters
throughout this unpredictable coronavirus pandemic?

Together we must persist in our fight to help elect George Gascón for LA
County District Attorney. Our field team has even more turf to cover in
order to educate thousands upon thousands of Black voters about this
election. But the harsh reality is, due to coronavirus we cannot knock on
folks’ doors for the foreseeable future until it is safe for our staff and
volunteers. This means our work will not be possible without an additional
$10,000 in the bank to launch digital ads and text voters. [ [link removed] ]Will you
help fund our work to contact thousands of Black voters ahead of the
November runoff election?

Let me give you an idea of the amazing work we, along with our
all-volunteer squad, have been able to do in LA prior to coronavirus: 

 1. Knocked on 3,484 of our neighbor’s doors and sent 86,434 texts to get
out the vote.

 2. Our Los Angeles organizers and volunteers engaged 89,923 voters who
were previously shut out from politics through hosting 39 community
events including brunches, happy hours, canvasses, and text-a-thons.

 3. Flooded social media, email, and mailboxes with to say #ByeJackieLacey
and support Gascón - We made sure to reach Black folks in LA on email,
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We also hit mailboxes with GOTV
messages about George Gascón to 11,142 households in LA County. 

If we can do this much work in less than 2 months, imagine what we could
do from now until the runoff election in November. Are you committed to
making sure Black voters are educated about the LA County District
Attorney’s runoff election?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I realize the impact that local elections have on Black
communities and will donate $5 to make sure Black voters in LA are reached
by Color Of Change PAC.

For a powerful 2020, 

Jenni, Drew, Shannon, Destanie, Corina, Alex, Scotty, Cristel, Tammi,
Daniel, and the Color Of Change PAC team

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References 

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2. All inmates released have been nonviolent offenders with less than 30
days left to serve.
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