Correspondence from Hair to Ifill, Karlan, and Guinier; Memo from Hair to Birnhak

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August 29, 1989

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Memorandum dated 8/23/1989.

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  • Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Attorney Notes Page 19, 1983. 4ea7663c-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/ee81623e-b687-4065-bb24-63015bc68737/attorney-notes-page-19. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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These patterns must be viewed in the

context of the districts in guestion. for

e xample , i n ltAke County 85S of the

registered voters are white. Since 70t of

thenr oD the average, do not vote for the

black candidate in the primary, Lhat

presenLs a substantial hurdle to black

voters in electing candidates of their

choice. Similarly, in SD S 22, which is

83t white in voter registration, only a

third of white voters voted for black

candidates in the primaries. For the 17t

of the voters who are black overcome. The

effects of 2/3 of the 83S voting against

this is a formidable task.

The district court found, in accord-

ance with the testimony of both the expert

for appel 1 ants and appellees, that in

order to have any choice of overcoming the

barrier created by the unwillingness of

white voters to vote for black candidates,

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