Barack Obama actually said...

I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13667 with respect to the Central Afri...

Our democracy is not going to function well when only half or a third of eligible voters are participating.

We are the only advanced democracy that makes it deliberately difficult for people to vote.

The national emergency declared on May 12, 2014, to deal with that threat must continue in effect beyond May 12, 2016.