Memorandum from Winner to Chambers; General Assembly of North Carolina Bill 1428

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November 4, 1981

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LDF Attorneys
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- Leslie J. Winner
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- NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc.
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- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
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- North Carolina
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- Case Files
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- Napolean Williams & Others
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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Williams. Memorandum from Winner to Chambers; General Assembly of North Carolina Bill 1428, 1981. fb089b0d-da92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/01e5bf35-e367-4828-bc4f-cbce8bd8a082/memorandum-from-winner-to-chambers-general-assembly-of-north-carolina-bill-1428. Accessed June 17, 2025.

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    TO: J. LeVonne Chambers, Napoleon Wi11iams, Steve Suitts and
Dr. Raymond Wfieeler

FROM: LesLie J. Winner 1 :/,)
DATE: Noveuber 4, 1981

Enclosed is the new apportlonment plan adopted by the North

Carolina House. As I am sure most of you know, the Senate did

not end up changing its p1an. Note Section 3 of the Bill- which

changes the filing date for the General Assembly and for Congress

to begin February 15 and end March 1-, L982. It looks like we

have been given a littLe extra time.



GENER/D ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CIDLINA

SESSION 1981

RATIFIED BILL

CHAPTER 1 130

EOT'SE BILL 1428
t.: AN. ICT TO APPOBTIOII THE DISTBICTS OT THE TOBTE CTROLITI HOT'SB OP

" REPREsEtrlrrYEs.

The Geueral lssenbly of Xorth Caroli.na enacts:

Sectiou 1. G.S. 120-2 is revrltten to react:

n9 120-2- Eog.gg gpportlgnteut specifieil.--Por the purpose of

noninating and electing rerbers of the Xorth Carolina Eouse of

nepresentatives iu 1982 aud perlottically thereafter, the State of

f,orth Caroli.na shall be divldetl into the folloriag illstrlcts:
( District 1 shaIl conslst of Cauden, Choran, Currltuck, Dare,
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Pasquotank, PerquiEaDs, Tyrrell, aud lashlngton Counties, anfl

shall elect tro Representatlves.

District 2 shall conslst of Beaufort and Hytle Counties, antl

shall elect one Representative.

District 3 shall consist of CEayen, Lenoir, auil Pallico

Counties, and sha1l elect three Representatives.

District lt shall coasist of Carteret and Onslor Countiesr and

1 shall elect three Representatives.

, District 5 shall coasist of Bertie, Gates, Hallfar, Hertforcl,

tartin, and llorthanpton Couoties, ancl shall elect three

Beprenant at-tvac.

District 6 sha 11 consist of Eclgecorbe, Xash, antl f ilson
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\ Counties, anil shall elect four Representatives.

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District 7 shall "ooQa of Greene ancl Pitt aool"=, antl shatl
elect tvo RepEesentatives.

District 8 shaIl cousist of Bayne County, and shall elect tro
Represent at ives .

District 9 shall consist of Duplin ancl Jones Counties, antl

shall elect one Representative.

District 10 shall consist of Blaclen, petrcler, anil sanpson

Counties, and shal1 elect tuo Representatives.

District 11 shall consist of Brunsci-ck antl llev Eauover

Counties, anrl shall elect three Representatives.

District 12 shall consist of Colunbus County, antl sball elect
one Representative.

District 13 shall consist of Robeson, Hoke, ancl Scotlaucl

Counties, ancl shall elect three Bepreseutatives.

District 14 shall consist of Cuuberland County, ancl shall elect
five Representatives.

District 15 shall consist of Harnett ancl Lee Counties, and

shall elect tro Representatives.

District 16 shall cousist of ?rankliu and Johnston Counties,

ancl shall elect tuo Representatives.

District 17 shall consist of flake Couuty, ancl shalI elect six
Represent atives.

District 18 shall consist of Casvell, Granville, Person, Vance,

andl narren Counties, ancl shall elect tbree Representatives.

District 19 shall consist of Durhan County, aucl shall elect

three Representatives.

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ooDistrict 20 shall consist of Chathan, Orange, and Rantlolph

.,- Counties, antl shall elect four Representatives.
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\ District 2'l shall consist of ltoore County, antl shall elect one

Representative.

District 22 shal1 consist of Richuoncl County, ancl shall elect

one Representative.
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,' District 23 shall consist of luson ancl tlontgouery Counties, and

n shall elect. one Representative.

District 24 shall cousist of Cabarrus anrl Union Counties, aud

shall elect three Representatives.

District 25 shall consist of Stanly County, antl shall elect one

RepreseDt ative.
District 26 shall consist of Davirlson anrl Davie Counti.es, ancl

shall elect three Representatives..

District 27 shall consist of Rovan County, antl shall elect tvo

Repre sent atives..

District 28 shall consist of llanance County, aud shall elect
tvo Representatives.

District 29 shall consist of Guilforcl County, antl shall elect
seven Representatives,.

District 30 shal.l consist of llleghany, Rockinghan, Stokes, anrl

Surry Counties, ancl sha11 elect four Representati,ves.

District 31 shall consist of Forsyth County, ancl shall elect

five Representati.ves.

District 32 shall consist of lshe, Avery, Caldrell, llitchell,
natauga, Filkes, ancl Yatlkin Counti.es, antl shall elect five
Represent atives.

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District 33 shall Qo=r=. of alexancler, ,".! catavba, ancl

six Representatives.

llecklenburg County, aail shall

fredell Counti.es, antl sha1l elect
District 34 shall consist of

elect eight Representatives.

District 35 shall cousi.st of Gastou aud Lincoln Counties, anrl

shall elect four Representatives.

District 35 sha11 cousist of C1evelaucl, Polk, aucl Rutherfordl

Countiesr drrd Shall consist of three RepreseDtatiyes.

District 37 shall consist of tlcDovel} antl Yancey Counties, and

shall elect one Representative

District 38 sha11 consi.st of Bunconbe, Henclerson, ancl

Transylvania Counties, antl shal1 elect five Represeutatives.

District 39 shaIl coasist of Hayrood, Jacksou, llatlison, ancl

Svain Couuties, ancl shall elect tuo Representatives.

District 40 sha1l consist of Cherokee, CIay, Grahan, antl ttacon

Counties, ancl shal1 elect one Representative.tt

Sec. 2. 1981 Session Laus Chapter 800 i-s repealetl.

Sec. 3. (a) Notvithstancling G.S- 163-105 or any other

provision of law to the contraryr tbe filing periotl uncler Article
10 of General Statutes Chapter 163 for legislative offices (State

Senate, State Eouse of Representatives, autl U. S. House of
Representati.ves) for the filing year 1982 only, shaIl counence at
12:00 Doon on llouclay, February 15, 1982, and shall expi.re at

12:00 noon on l{onclay, ltarch 1, 1982.

(b) In aclclition, the State Board of Elections is hereby

authorizetl to establish the openiug tlate for issuance of absentee

ballots to be votecl in the 1982 Prinary Election and saitl Boar<l

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shalt establi.sh a u?ooiog ttate as early as practicable pencting

the printing of the ballots. such opening clate shall also apply
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\ to any referenclun or election helct ou the tlate of the prinary

election. Absentee ballots authorized untler c. S. 163-221 (b) (11

antl G.S. 163-227 (b) (4) shall be covered under the authority

specifietl herein.

(c) The authority established in this seetion shall

terninate follorj,ng the contluct of the llay tl, 1982, priuary

elections.

Sec. tl. This act is effective upou ratification.

In the General lsseubly read three ti-nes ancl ratifiecl,

this the 30th ilay of October, 1981.

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JAMES G GREEN .

Janes C. GreeD

Presi-rlent of the Senate

LISTQN B, RAMSEY

Li-ston B. Ransey

Speaker of the House of Bepresentatives

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