Correspondence from Floyd to Still (Redacted)

    FLOYD, KEENER & CUSIMANO 

816 CHESTNUT STREET 

GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35999-2701 

JACK FLOYD TELEPHONE: 
LARRY H. KEENER 
GREGORY S. CUSIMANO Sept ember 16, 1986 AREA CODE 205 
JAMES E. HEDGSPETH, JR. 
MICHAEL L. ROBERTS 547-6328 
DAVID A. KIMBERLEY 

Mr. Edward Still, Esq. 
Attorney at Law 
714 South 29th Street 
Birmingham, AL 35233-2801 

Re: Dillard v. Crenshaw County (Etowah County) 

Dear Mr. Still: 

I have your recent letter of September 11, 1986, concerning 
the special primary election to be held for new districts 5 and 
6 on November 4, runoff on November 25, and general election on 
December 16, 1986. 

With regard to your inquiries I submit the following: 

l. In an effort to let voters and potential candidates in 
Districts 5 and 6 know of the special primaries, election, and 
qualification deadlines, the following has been done: 

(a) The Gadsden Times (local newspaper), 
and local radio stations, as public service announce- 
ments, have announced numerous times about the 
settlement of the case in the United States District 
Court for the Middle District of Alabama; have advised 
of the Tentative Order signed by the Judge approving 
a new six district redistricting plan; have notified persons 
that party primary elections for District Commissioners 
for Districts 5 and 6 would be held on November 4, 1986, 
primary runoff elections on November 25, 1986, and the 
general election for new District Commissioners for 
districts 5 and 6 on December 16, 1986; and have advised 
that qualifying dates for candidates were from September 
16 through September 26, 1986. 

(b) The Etowah County Commission has forwarded 
the enclosed Notice of Special Elections, copy of 
of the Tentative Order of the Court, a copy of the 
Notice to Class, and copy of the legal descriptions of 
Districts 5 and 6 to the following racial minority 
group members, interested persons active in civil 
rights, the plaintiffs in the Federal Court action, 
and others as listed below: 

 



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Etowah County Voters League 
c/o Mr. Q. D. Adams 

(205) 492-6538 (or at work 546-2821) 

NAACP of Gadsden - Etowah County 
c/o Joseph Faulkner 
403 North 9th Street 
Gadsden, AL 35901 

(205) 546-6903 (or at home 492-4675 

Dr. Spencer Thomas 

(205) 547-7043 (at work 546-3381) 

Mr. Nathan Carter 

(205) 547-3114 

Mr. Wayne Rowe 

(205) 492-8076 

Mr. Johnny Flenoir 

(205) 547-7198 

Mrs. Gladys Barnes 

(205) 546-0635 

Rev. Jesse Maxwell 

(205) 547-5629 

Dr. Roger Watts 
President, Etowah Chapter 
Alabama New South Coalition 

(205) 492-1783  



  

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference 
c/o Reverend R. C. Suttles 

Gadsden, AL 35902 

Mr. Robert Avery 

Rev. L. A. Warren 

1104-A Jacksonville Court 

Gadsden, AL 35901 

Mrs. Mildred Williams 

Mr. Cicero Bynum 

(205) 547-8179 

Ms. Sarah Thompson 
Director, Legal Services 
802 Chestnut Street 
Gadsden, Al 35901 
(205) 543-2435 

or at home 

(205) 492-4775 

Mr. Jack Lowe, Sr. 

(205) 543-7952 

Mr. Walt Higgins 

(205) 492-9516 

Mr. Alfred L. Williams 
1120 Foster Avenue 

Gadsden, AL 35901 
(205) 547-8500 

Alabama State Employment Service 
115 North 7th Street 
Gadsden, AL 35901 

 



  

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Etowah County Food Stamp Office 
741 Forrest Avenue 

Gadsden, AL 35901 

Gadsden State Technical Institute 

600 Valley Street 
Gadsden, AL 35901 

Alabama Technical Institute 

1001 East Broad Street 

Gadsden, AL 35903 

Department of Pensions & Security 
741 Forrest Avenue 
Gadsden, AL 35901 

Gadsden State Community College 
George Wallace Drive 
Gadsden, AL 35901 
Attention: Harley Boyd 

WAAX Radio Station 

P. O. Box 570 

Gadsden, AL 35999 

WGAD Radio Station 

823 Forrest Avenue 

Gadsden, AL 35901 

New World College 
Barbara Humphrey, Director 
Job Placement & Accounting 

Etowah County Community Services 
P. O. Box 1888 
Gadsden, AL 35902 

WKFX Radio Station 

P. O. Box 930 
Gadsden, AL 35902 

WQEN Radio Station 

752 Chestnut Street 

Gadsden, AL 35901 

Woman's Club of Gadsden 

862 Chestnut Street 

Gadsden, AL 35901 

Alabama Governor's Committee of Employment 
of the Handicapped 
P. O, Box 11685/2129 E.S. Blvd, 
Montgomery, AL 35190 

 



  

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Department of Adult Blind and Deaf 
P. O. Drawer 17 
Talladega, AL 35160 

City of Ridgeville 
Route 1, Box 14-A 
Attalla, AL 35954 

East Alabama Skills Center 
1001 E. Broad Street 
Gadsden, AL 35999 
Attn: Don Murray 

Etowah County Board of Education 
Community Education 
800 Forrest Avenue 
Gadsden, AL 35901 
Attn: Billie Rains 

Etowah County Vocational School 
105 Burke Avenue S.E. 
Attalla, AL 35954 

Juvenile Probation Office 

110 Terminal Street 

Gadsden, AL 35901 

Gadsden Business College 
750 Forrest Avenue 
Gadsden, AL 35901 

Laborer's International 
Local 1333 
1024 1st Avenue 

Gadsden, AL 35901 

W. A. Brumbley 
Veteran's Affairs Office 
807 Chestnut Street 
Gadsden, AL 35901 

(c) The Etowah County Commission has purchased 
commercial radio time on radio stations WAAX, WGAD, and 
WMGJ (minority operated) causing notices to be given of the 
dates and times for the special elections for District 5 and 
6 of the Etowah County Commission, and the qualifying dates 
for candidates who wish to run for the positions. 

(d) The Etowah County Commission has purchased 
commerical advertisement space in the Gadsden Times, 
the only newspaper published in Etowah County, to 
run notice of the special elections and the manner and 
time which candidates may qualify for the positions. 

 



  

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(e) The Etowah County Commission has run legal 
ads in the Gadsden Times styled "Notice to Class" advising 
the general public of the new districts and the 
redistricting plan that has been tentatively approved by the 
Federal Court. 

(f) Announcements have been made at commission 
meetings concerning the new districts, the special 
elections for district commissioners 5 and 6, and the 
manner and time in which persons may qualify for those 
positions. 

2. The County Committees of the Democratic Party and the 
Republican Party have each set qualifying dates for the special 
primary elections. They are from September 16 through September 
26, 1986. These dates have been published at the same time the 
general notice of special elections has been given. 

3. Voters in Districts 5 and 6 are now being re-identified 
through the personnel of the Probate Judge's Office of Etowah 
County. When all are identified, new voter lists for District 5 
and 6 will be published in the Gadsden Times. 

Since the first primary election will coincide with the 
November 4 General Election, special district poll lists for 
Districts 5 and 6 and special voting machines will be set up at 
the regular polling places to accommodate the primary election 
votes in Districts 5 and 6. After each person voting in the 
general election at boxes in Districts 5 and 6 completes his or 
her voting in the general election, he or she will then be 
directed to the poll list of the voters in the box that live in 
Districts 5 or 6. If his or her name appears on the commission 
district voting list, he or she will then vote for his or her 
candidate in the primary election on the voting machines 
reserved solely for primary voting. No one voting in the 
general election at a polling place who does not live in 
commission district 5 or 6 will be allowed to vote on the 
special voting machines for this primary election. No machines 
for primary voting will be allowed at voting places which do not 
contain voters living in Districts 5 or 6. 

If you have any further suggestions on this matter, please 
contact us. 

ER Tad 

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James U. Blacksher, Esq. 
P. O. Box 1051] 
Mobile, AL 36633 

Larry Menefee, Esq. 
Fifth Floor, Title Bldg. 
300 21st Street, North 
Birmingham, AL 35203 

Terry Davis, Esq. 
P. O. Box 6215 
Montgomery, AL 36106 

Julius Chambers, Esq. 
Deborah Fins, Esq. 
NAACP Legal Defense Fund 
99 Hudson Street 
New York, N.Y. 10013