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COTTIPARTSON OF PLAIITTIFtrS I PROPOSBD PLA}I 6, T|ITH CURREITT
DISTRICTS IOR CEITTRAL EASTERIT TRKATTSAS

DESCRIPTION OF PLAINTIFBSI PROPOSED PLAN FOR
HOUSE DISTRTCTS IN ARI(ANSAS XDBEP DETTA'I (PLAN NO. 5I

Plan No. 5 developed by Jerry Wilson comes closest to
neeting our goals as deflned ln the Prlnclples adopted leaders ln
the Delta area on August 27,1988. This plan molds parts of

dlstricts 47.,73,74,75 and 85 into three districts which Jerry
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has numbered 4,5 and 61, wtth the following representatl.on of
black- populatlon:

DLstrict Percent Afacf Population

36.2296
68.17S
60.67t

OveralL Descrl.ptlon

Pl.an No. 5lncludes all of Phillips county and parts of four

other countles --St. Francis, Lee, Monroe and Desha. The total
population and black percentage of total population for each of
these flve counties is:

1 plan No. 5 absorbs all of current district ?S. Of
current dlstrlct 47, Plan No. 5 does not absorb LrAnguille,
Tellco, Johnson, Grlggs or Heth Townships. Of current district
74, Plan No. 5 does not absorb Goodwln or Wheatley Townships. Of
current dlstrict 73, Plan No. 5 does not absorb Roe Townshlp or
the part of Monroe County north of Duncan and Raymond Townshlps.
Of current distrlct 85, Plan No. 5 does not absorb the part of
Desha County south of Mlsslsslppl Township. We need to thlnk
about the lnpact of those parts of these current distrlcts that
are not absorbed into our remedy pIan. 9fould thls not cause a
rlpple problem, requJ.rlng redlstrlcting of the entlre State? Or,
coul.d these areas be absorbed lnto nelghborlng, exlsting
districts without requlrlng any further rlpple effect.



Countv Total Poo.

St. Francls 30,858

Black Percentaoe

46X
s5*
53t
ltx
4396

Lee
Phi11lps
Monroe
Desha

15,539
34,772
14, O53
19,760

The populatlon ldeal for each leglslative districtg is 22,gSS,

whtch means that under any plan, st. Francis and phillips

counties w111 have to be split at feast once.

Except for Phtlllps County, our Plan No. 5 spllts each

county that it touches into more pieces than the populatlon
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numbers alone would have required. Both st. Francis and Lee

counties are dtvided between district 4, district s and one or

more unknown districts not part of our plan. philllps county ls
divided between dlstrict 5 and district 6. Monroe county is
divided between distrl.ct 6 and one or more unknown districts not

included ln our pIan. Desha County is dlvided between district 6

and an unknown distrlct. Thus, our plan splits every county

whlch it touches and splits three counties three ways.

Townshlps and citles also are split on occaalon.
rndependence Townshlp and Forest clty (Lee county) are spllt
between dlstrlcts 4 and 5 (heavlly black sub EDs and wards are

placed in distrlct 5), as are Madlson Township and the cities of
Marianna and Madlson (St. Francls County) (heavtly black tracts,
EDs and wards are placed ln distrlct 5) ,and Horner Townshlp and

West Helena Ctty (PhllJ.tps County).



Dletrlct {

Dletrlct I lncorporates parts of Phltllps, Lee and St.

Francle countles, lncludlng a portlon of 9lest Helena. Heavlly

black parts of three townships and clties wlthln each of those

townshlps are carved out of dlstrict 4 and placed ln dlstrlct 5

(Horner Townshlp and West Helena; Independence Townshi.p and

Marlanna; Madlson Townshlp and Forest Ctty). Otherwise, the

district does not split townships.

District 5

Dlstrlct 5 also lncorporates parts of Philltps, Lee and St.
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Francl.s counties, including part of West Helena. fts township

and city spllts are the reverse of Distrlct 4.

District 6

Dlstrict 6 lncorporates parts of Phlllips, Monroe and Desha

counties, lncludlng Helena. No townships are split.

DESCRIPTION OF THE CURRENT HOUSE DISTRICTS FOR
CENTRAL EASTERN ARKANSAS

The Staters current House of Representatlves distrlctlng

plan for this part of the State also spllts countles. St.

Francls county ls spltt between dlstricts 47 and 74. Philllps

County ls spllt between dlstrlcts 75, 73 and 85. Lee County and

Monroe County are not spllt. Thus, two counties are spllt, but

both of these counties are required to be split because of their

large populatlons. One county Ls spllt three ways, whlch ls not

required by its populatlon. As far as I can tell, ro townshlps

are epllt ln this part of the State.



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Dletrlct 4?

rncludes part of st. Francts county. (st. Francls county

must be spllt because wlth total populatlon of 3o,8s8, lt is too

large to form a single dlstrlct. )

Dlstrict 74

rncl.udes the rest of st. Francis county and al] of tee

County.

Distrlct ?3

rncludes part of Phlllips county and al.L of Monroe county.
i_(Phillips County must be sp1lt lnto at least two dlstrlcts

because its populatlon is too large to form a single district. )

District 75

Part of Phillips County, lncluding Helena and West Hel.ena.