Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Curtis B. Gans, Esq. (Committee for the Study of the American Electorate)
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April 4, 1986

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Curtis B. Gans, Esq. (Committee for the Study of the American Electorate), 1986. 7e8352ee-e992-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/38e1ffdc-9341-436a-bb24-d0248871d65d/correspondence-from-lani-guinier-to-curtis-b-gans-esq-committee-for-the-study-of-the-american-electorate. Accessed July 13, 2025.
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LEgsIED':.'H" April 4, 1986 Curtis B. Gahs, Esq. Director Non-Voter Study I 85-r 86 Committee for the Study of the American Electorate 421 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C.20003 Dear lrlr. Gans Thank you for sending me a copy of your llarch 27, 1986 letter to Linda Davidoff, Executive Director, the Human Serve Fund. I, too, would appreciate a copy of your report in "Non- Voter Study '85-'86" when your project is completed next year. In the meantime, perhaps you could presently furnish me some information on the design and scope of the project. I am partj.cularly interested in knowing what you plan to do before you do it. I could then offer some timely and, I hope, useful suggestions as a result of our practical litigation experiences and information ob- tained in LDF cases in which we are challenging discrimina- tory electoral schemes, restrictive registration lavJs, criminal prosecutions of voter registration activists, selective purging, and arbitrary in fact local deputization practices, all of which have an impact on voter participa- tion. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest conven- ience. Assistant Counsel LG/ r cc3 Linda Davidoff., Esg. bcc: Steve Rosenstone Eddie I{i1lians Contributions are dcdactible lor U.S. humw lar putoeca The ilAACP LEGAL DEFEilSE E EDUCATToNAL FUND is nor part of the l{ational Associalion lor the Advancemcnt ol colorcd Ptople although it was lounded by it and sharcs its c0mmilmenl t0 Gqual rights. LDF has had lor ovcr 25 ycars a separale Board, program, statl, otlice and budget. NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND. INC. gg Hudson Street, New york, N.y. t00t3o(212) 2t$1900 Sincerely,