Letter from Lani Guinier to Janet Wong RE: voter registration

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- Green v. Miller
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- Green v. Miller
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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to Janet Wong RE: voter registration, 1984. a5812838-e692-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/47265c2b-fb8d-4e0b-b1c9-718c70003217/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-janet-wong-re-voter-registration. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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    Lesa,E&fenseH.

March 20, 1984

Ms. Janet Wong
c/o Professor Betsy Bartholet
Harvard Law School
Cambrid.ge, Massachusetts 02138

Dear Janet:

Enclosed please

(1)

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUNO, INC.

99 Hudson Street, New york, N.y. 10013o (2121219-1900

(2)

(3)

find:

Section 2 manual with model complaint
challenging election methods;

fwo memoranda on standing;

One memorandum on a state's
duty to facilitate voter registra-
tion;

Copy of complaint challenging Mississippi
dual registration statute with cover
letter suggesting additional cause of
action;

Complaint challengj.ng failure to appoint
more black poII officials in Alabama
(included because it, too, challenges
an episod,ic or procedural problem rather
than an election system);

T\^ro draft complaints challenging Arkansas
registration laws (review for facts only;
these complaints are weak and need work).

(4)

(s)

(5)

Contributions are deductihle Jbr U.S. incame tar purposes

The NAACp LEGAL 0EFENSE & EDUCATIoNAL FUND is not part of the National Association lor the Advancement ol colore.d People although it

*ai rounoeO oi it and shares its commitment to equal rights. L0F has had for over 25 years a separate Board, program, stall, oltice and budget.



!,Is. ilanet Wong -2- March 2O, 1984

(7) 3::ifi: ;':? +::ffi iffi*'i:E
re3 aPPointment of federal
examiners.

Good luckt I look forward to talking with you Wednesday'

Sinc.erely,

'1'
l /''

Lani Guinier

LG/r
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