Correspondence from Winner to Donaldson, Wallace, Horton, Hunter, and Heenan; Proposed Stipulations 2

    l

cHAMBER=.1!2r=oN, wArr, *ALLAS, ADKTNS &

i

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FULLER. P.A.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SUITE 730 EAST INDEPENOENCE PLAZA

95I SOUTH INDEPENOENCE BOULEVARD

CHARLOT'TE, NORTH CAROLINA 2A2O2
TELEPHONE (704) 375-8461

l"lay 23, 1983

JULIUS LEVONNE CHAMBERS
JAMES E FERGUSON. II

MELVIN L WATT

JONATHAN WALLAS

KARL AOKINS

JAMES C FULLER, JR
YVONNE MIMS EVANS

JOHN W GRESHAM

GILOA F GLAZER
LESLIE J, vr/INNER

JOHN T NOCKLEBY'

.OF O.C, BAR ALSO

Mr. Arthur J. Donaldson
Burke, Donaldson, Holshouser

& Kenerly
309 N. Main Street
Salisbury, North Carolina 28L54

Mr. James Wal1ace, Jr.
Attorney General's Office
North Carolina Department of

Justice
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602

Mr. Hamilton C. Horton, Jr.
Attorney at Law
450 NCNB Plaza
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2710I

Mr. Robert N. Hunter, Jr.
Attorney at Law
201 W. Market Srreer
Post Offiee Box 3245
Greensboro, North Caroli-na 27402

Ms. Kathleen Heenan
Jerris Leonard & Associates, pC
900 17th Streer, N.W.
Suite 1020
Washington, D.C. 20006

Re: North Carolina Reapportion-
ment Stipulations

Dear Reapportionment Counsel:

El919sed-is my next round of proposed stipulations. r don'tthink it's quite all but it's close. r witt ger the restto yo_u as soon as r can. Also, these have not been carefullyproofread but r will read it again carefully before r^/e meet.

Sincerely,

/ t^t*rt'* L 
(,( 

"i-u,,/^C,

LJW: cfd
Enclosure
cc: Ms. Lani Guinier

Leslie J. Winner



32. The percent of the white voting age population and
the percent of the black voting age popuLation regisEered to
vote in L970 and 1980 and the percent of the white and non-
white population registered to vote in L980 in the specified
counties is as indicated:

Courty

Percent of Voting
Age Population Regis-
tered to Vote 1970r

Percent of Voting Percent of Popula-
Age PopulationRegip- tion Registeled to
rered ro Vote L9B0z Vote in L982r

-I,lhi
Ibdclenbug
ForsyEh

D.rhan

Wake

Wilson

Edgecon:be

Nash

Il,alifax
Northar.pton

Ilertford
Gates

I,fartin
Bertie
I^lashington

Chcnvar

I,'llr_ite

66.3

73.0

72.0

63.7

66.2

75.4

48.2

92.4

107.8

73.4

79.3

86.6

L06.2

68.2

77.3

Black

40.6

73.6

64.0

37.2

36.3

46.0

18.4

47.9

80.7

64.6

51.5

66.0

98.3

78.1

48.7

68. r
69.7

66.L

68.3

64.4

67.3

58. r
69.7

74.6

78.9

82.5

73.9

77.0

80.l-

72.3

43.8

62.8

43.3

42.3

40.0

40.7

2t.3
48.2

6t.6
60.0

77.6

s3.3

50.1

64.3

53.3

52.5

50.6

49.2

52.6

45.8

4s.5

4s.9

48. s

s3.4

48.6

60.9

sl.6
51.9

s2.6

s4.3

29.L

36.7

30.2

28.9

20.5

2L.5

L9.4

25.2

33.9

28.5

45.7

28.7

28.6

34.s

30.6

1. Number of white/non-white voters as of June 5, L970
( see answer to Interrogatory ll1-) divided by total
white/black popul.atiorl 2l years old or older (supplied
by U.S. Census Bureau).

Number of white/b1ack registered voters as of April 8,
1980 ( see answer to fnterrogatory llL) divided by total
white/black population 18 years ol-d or older (supplied
by U.S. Census Bureau) .

Number of white/non-white registered voters as contained
in State Board of Elections "Citizens Awareness Year
L982" divided by white/non-white total population from
1980 Census.

2.

3.



33. The percentage of
voters in the following

Ilcuse District
and Nr-mber

the population and of the registered
House and Senate districts is as indicated:

Percentage of, Popul-ation
That is Black'

Percent of Registered
Voters That is Black

lbckleribr-rg (1136)

Forsyth (1139)

hirhan (1123)

Wal<e (llzL)

Wilson-Edgeccnrbe-
Nash (#8)

Senate Districts

26.5

25.L

36.3

2L.8

39. s

l-8.02

20.83

28.62

L5.L2

29.52

Ibcklerrbrrg-Cabarnrs (1122)

Northeast North CarsLina (ll2)
24.3

55.1
L6.82

46.24

1. From Legisl-ative Services Office, derived from 1980
Census.

2. From October 4, L982 State Board of Elections Registra-
tion Statistics Part II.
October 4, L982 Forsyth registration minus registratj-on
for Belews Creek, Salem Chapel llL and Salem C6apel tl2precincts.

October 4, L982 registration for whole counties from
State Board of Elections Registration Statistics Part
II; township registration October 4, L982 from
Washington, Martin, Halifax, and Edgecombe Boards of
Elections.

3.

4.



34. No black person was el-ected to the North Carolina
General Assembly since'1900 until L969 when one black repre-
sentative was elected. No black person was elected to the
Senate until L975 when two black senators were elected. The
number and percent of black members serving in the General
A-ssembly- since '1969 'is as follows'r ---- -'--:-:---- --

House (Number followed Senate (Number

1969-70
L97L-72

L973-7 4

L97 5-76
L977 -78

l2zP,8g

L98L-82
1983 - 84

by Percent

1 (.82)
2 elected and l-
appointed mid-term (2.57")

3 (2. s2)
4 (3 .37")

4 ( 3 .37)2
3 elected and 1
appointed mid-term ( 3. 3Z )

3 Q. sZ\
r13 , O .22)

by Percent

(47.)

(47.)

(27")

(27")

(2"1)

followed

0

0

2

2L

1

l_

13

One black senator resigned midterm and a black person
was appointed to that seat.

Three blacks resigned midterm and were repLaced by black
members

3. :Sixof these twelve (or one half) were elected from districts
which are majority b1ack.

35. The following are the only black people to serve in
the North Carolina General- Assembly this century:

1.

2.



#6 BLACK LEGTSTATORS' 1900-1

o
982

Session Name

1969 EenrY E. FrYe

1971 HenrY E' FrYe
JoY J. Johnson
Alireda Webbl

(Partv-CountY)

(o-cuit ford)

(o-cuil fora)
(D-Robeson)
(o-cuit rora)

(o-cuil fora )
(D-Robeson)
(D-Durham)

(D-Mecklenburg)
(o-wate)
(o-ForsYth)
(o-cuit ford )
(D-Robeson)
(D-Durhan)

(D-Mecklenburg)
(o-wate)
(o-wate)
(o-rorsvttr)
(P-cuit ford)
(D-nobeson)
(D-Durhan)
(D-Durhan)
(D-ForsYth)
(D-Robeson)

(D-uecklenburg)
(D-Robe son)
(o-cuit ford)
(D-Durham) 

-
(D-ForsYth )

(o-cuilford)
(o-wate)
(D-Durharn)
(O-tlorttranPt on)

(o-cuil ford)
(o-ilarren)
io-uecttenburg)
(P-wate)
io-Nottt ",Pton)(o-curu"tl-and)
(o-cuil ford )
(D-ForsYth )
io-c"ruirland)
(D-ForsYth )
(D-Robeson)
(D-Durham)

Dis tr ic t

26th llouee

26th House
24th llouee
25th House

23rd llouae
21st llouee
16th House

22nd Senate
14th Senate
29th llouse
23rd House
21st llouse
16th llouse

22nd Senate
14th Senate
14th senate
29th llouse
23rd House
21st llouse
16th llouse
16th llouse
29th llouse
21st Eouse

22nd Senate
21sL House
23rd House
15th llouse
29th House

19th Senare
15th Houee
16th l{ouse
5th House

31st House
7th House

36th llouse
2tst llouse
5th House

17th l{ouse
26th House
39th House
17th Houee
39th llouse
16th House
23rd House

Terms

1959

197 1
197 1
197 1

L973-74
1973-74
L973-7 4

L975-76
1975-76
1975-76
L975-76
1975-76
t975-76

1977'78
L977*
L971-78
1977-78
L977-78
1977-78
1977
L977-78
1978
1978

1979-80
1979-80
1979-80
1979-80
1979-80

1981-82
1981-82
1981-82
198r-82

1983
1983
1983
1983
1983
1983
1983
1983
1983
1983
1983
1983

Lg73-74 HenrY E' FrYe
JoY J. Johnson
HeirrY H' llichaux' Jr'

1975-76 Fred D' Alexander
John W. Winters
Richard C' Erwin
IlenrY E. FrYe
JoY J. Johnson
IlenrY tl' llichaux' Jr'

Lg77-78 Fred D' Alexander
John W. Winters
Clarence E' Lightnerr
Richard C' Erwin
ItenrY E. IrYe
JoY J' Johnson
fbirrY I'1' Michau*' i:'
A.J.'Howard ClemenL 5

ffarofa-i. KennedY' Jr'4
Roberc E' Davis5

1979-80 Fred D' Alexar-rder
Robert E' Davis
HenrY E' FrYe
Kenneth B' SPaulding
Annie B' KennedYu

1981-82 HenrY E' FrYe
Dan t. Blue, Jr: -.
Kenneth B' SPauIdrng
C. Melvin CreecY

1983- I{illia N' Martin -Frank W' Balance' Jr'
PhilliP 0' Berry
Dan T. Btue, Jr'
C. Melvin CreecY
C.R. Edwards
Herman C. Gist
C.B. Hauser
Luther R' Jeralds

- Annie KennedY Brown
SidneY A. Locks
Xenneth n' SPaulding



FOOTNOTES

1.I{ebbwasappointedDecember3l,lgTl,toreplacet{cNeilSnith(cuilrord).
2.*Eightner.wasappointedonAugust3,|g77,torep1ac6John-I{.Winters(wake

3. Clement uas appointed on August 3' Lg77' to replace Henry M

(Durham county/ 
to replace Richard c' Erwin

4. Kennedy was appointed February 9' 1978

(Forsyth countvl' 
rhnson c.Robeson

5. DaviB-,", "ppointed 
February 17'"'1?7p" !9 replace Joy J'- Jc

eRamos (ForeYth
6. Kennedy was appointed October 19' 1979' to

CountY).

Eons t itrit ion o f
General Note on Term of Office: Articlg II': Section 9 of the t

Nor.h carorina ""I"-.t " ierP of .iil;;- for iegiii;;;;"'- i-ti:' to 1983 ' thre

cormenced ,,". .iE'iir"-oi-lt "ir ;i;;;ioni. I; 
-ii82, 

a constitutional mendment

was approved setting .'the first ;;;-;i-J"',,"'y ;;;;,"ft"' their election,'' as

ii" "iltting 
date' ' :

.F-aF_



36. By district, the
have served in the GeneraL

DistricE (Number
of Seats)

following number of black members
Assembly:

69 75737L 7977 81 83

Mecklenburg House (8)
Mecklenburg/ Cabarrus
Senate (4)
Forsyth House (5)
Forsyth Senate (2)
Durham House (3)
Durham Senate (2)
I^lake House (6 )
Wake Senate (3)
Wi I son/ E dgecombe/ Nash
House (4)
Counties in Senate
Disrricr ll2 (1)

*Appointed mid-term

37. tI intend to
since L970 and whether
primary.l

include here a
they won., lost

0

1

1*
0

t-

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

t

0

1

0

0

2

0

1

0

1

0

List of black candidates
in generaL or lost in

00011
00011
00000
00111
00000
00000
00011

00



38. In Lassiter v. tlorthampCon Countv g Elections,
360u.s.45 ( '

the decision of the North carolina supreme court which upheld
the use of the literacy requirement for voting in North Carolina.
In Bazemore v. Bertie County Board of Electio , 254 N.g_, 398(l 'dorrn the'practice
of requiring registrants to write the North Carolina Constitution
frdm dictation but upheld the requirement of ability to read.and
write the North earolirla Constitution to be administered to all
applicants of uncertain abiLity. The literacy requirement r^ras
employed in North Carolina until it was declared illegal by the
voring Righrs Act of L965.

39. In L970, a referendum was submitted to the voters of
North Carolina to amend the constitution of North Carolina to
delete the literacy requirement for voting of the consti-
tutional amendments before the voters at that timeE amendment
to delete the f-iteracy requirement was the only one defeated. The
amendment i^ras defeated in each of the fol.lowing counLies: Mecklen-
burg, Forsyth, Durham, Wake, Wilson, Edgecombe, Nash, Halifax,
Northampton, Hertford, Gates, I,lartin, Bertie and Washington.
(Specific votes by county from L97L North Carolina Manual). The
literacy requirement is currently N.C.G.S. S163-58 and Article
VI 53 of the North Carolina Constitution.

40. N.C.G.S. 5163-67(a) requires that "no person shall be
registered to vote without first making a written, sworn and
signed application to registet upon the form p/eScribed by the
State Board of Elections. If the applicant cannot write because
of physical disability, his name shal1 be written on the applica-
tion for him by the election official to whom he makes application,
but the specific reason for the applicant's failure to sign shall
be clearly stated upon the face of his application. "



4L. North Carolina enacted
1955. It was enforced untill_n

l-n L972 in Dunston v. Scott, 336

anti-single shot voting 1aw
it was decLared unconstitutional
F. Supp . 206 (EDNC L972) .

42. North Carolina enacted a numbered seat requirement for
specified legislative multi-member districts in L96i. The provi-
sion was modified and re-enacted when the Legislature was
reapporti_oned in L97L. The numbered seat requirement had theeffect of preventing singl-e-shot voting. rt was declared uncon-stitutionaL Ln 1972 in DunstonJr__Ecott, 336 F.Supp. 206 (EDNC L972)



45. Of 365 cl.erical and non-professi-onal workers employed
by the'General Assembly for the week ending-February 4; 1983,
24 (6.6D are black. 0f these nine are housekeepers, eleven
are secretaries to the bLack Representatives and Senator,
three are on the Sergeant-at-Arms staff and one is on the House
Clerk's staff . (See payroll attached Eo Interrogatory ttl2)

46. No black person has been elected to-staCewide 'office
in North Carolina or to the'Unrted-states Congress from North
Carolina since 1900 with the exception of judges indicated in
stipul-ation #_ beLow.

47. [I will include a stipulation on the percent of judges
are black based on your answer Lo Interrogatory #15 when I know
daEes of the ends of their service as judges. l

who
the



48. [I will want to introduce pp. L-24a and 48-65, and
accompanying footnotes, of Institutional Racism/Sexism in
North Carolina State Government supplied in ansr^/er to Interroga-
tory 1127. I propose a stipulation either that the data contained
in it is accurate or that the report is genuine and admissible
without a supporting witness. l

49. As of June 30, 1980, the percent of North Carolina
permanent ful1-time employees subject to the State Personnel
Act, excluding universities, that fa1l in each salary range
was as follows:

Percent of
Salary Range White Employees

Percent of
Black Employees

Less than $8,000
$8, ooo-$B, ggg

$9,000-$9,999
$10,000-$10,999
$11,000-$r1,ggg
$12, 000-$rz ,9gg
$r3,000-$r4,999
$15,000-$r6,999
$17,000-$r9,999
$20,000-$z:,999
$24,000 +

2.06
5.09
7. 88

L2.L5
LL.2L
LL.2L
L4. s9

8.36
L2.02

7 .54
7. 88

tr{hite $13, 053
Black $1.0, 790

7 .4t
L2.40
14. 33

20.05
L5.82
L0.72

7. 88

3. 5s

4.73
1. 93

L.L7

Median salaries:

A higher percent of black employees than of white employees
is employed at every salary leveL below $12,000 and a higher
percent of white employees than of black employees is employed
at every salary leve1 above $12,000.

(Taken from table included in answer to Interrogatory ll27)



50. [I will want to introduce the executive surtrnary,,
pp. I-V, from the 'rPatterns'of Pay in North Caro-lina'State
Government" from OSP, from Interrogatory 1127. Should stipu-
late either that it is accurate or that it is admissible -

without a witness. l

51. Non-white households in North Carolina are 23.07" of
all households but are 427; of all poverty households. (A
Poverty household' is -one irr wrr'ish the "combined house-hold'income
falls below 1002 of the poverty level (adjusred,by family size)
established by the United States Office of Management and Budget. )
ISee Interrogitory 1128, "Pov-er-ty", Table 2, p] 4.t

' 52. Between LgTO and 1980 non-white workers consistently
had a higher incidence of unemployment than white workers. Fbr
each of these years non-whites were a disproportionately high
P-ercentage of claimants for unemployment benefits compared to
the percent of the workforce which is non-white

Year
Ma.le non-vfiite l,la1e non-vilrite Fernale non-
Claimartsl in Workforce2 vatrite Claimmtsl

L970

L97L

tr972

L973

L974

L975

L976

L977

L978

L979

1980

2L,0

L6.7

L7.7

22.8

15.9

13. s

L7.6

l_8.0

22.3

18.1

L7.3

Percent of all
Percent of all
lNote: this is
each year from

13.3

13.3

13.3

1I.0
11.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

LL.2

LL.2

Lt.2

t_8.6

L7.8

19.0

18.0

19.0

14.0

L3.4

L2.6

14.1

L7.4

L6.2

Fernale rion-white
in Wskf!ree--r
8.s
8.5

8.5
8.6

8.6

8.5

8.6
8.6

9.0

9.0

9.0

1.

2.

claimants which is non-white males/females.

labor force which is non-white maLe/female
taken from the ESC first survey week of

Interrogatory #30. l



53. In North CaroLina 5L7" of the single parent households
have a black head of household. (Source: Center for Urban
Affairs and Cornrnunity Services and North Carolina Department
of Human n."o"i".", -i'single-Parent Households in Nc;rth carolina"
at p. 21-. Data for L977'79.)

54. Black households in North Carolina disproportionately
rent Ltuir tomes and l-ive in substandard or overcrowded housing
;; ;";r;iea ro-whil; households. The following chart shows the
p"r"""t of each race which fal-ls in each category:

Percent Percent

i,lhite
Bladc

Other

I,lhole SLate

80.8

5s.0

7L.4

75.6

16.8

41. s

23.8

2L.7

0.7

8.s
9.6

2.2

Sor-rce: North Carolina Citizens Sunzey L979, pp' 26'27'

1.

2.

Percent , Percertt
overcrouzdedr quate P

2.4
L2.0

14.3

4.4

Overcrowding is defined as more than
room.

Inadequate Plumbing is -defined as no
fr"f.irig ,t ieast one of hot and cold
flush Eoilet, and bathtub or shower'

55.In1980therewere1,319,0l4blackPeoPle.inNorth
Carolina. T11ai is 22.47. of the total population. ( Source :

1980 Census)

56. The mean income of black households in L979 was

$13, 834 .ornprr"d- to $2L,L62 for white households . ( source :

1980 Census lt7 5/ 77)

57. 44.77. of the households with no vehicles available
are black househota"- (Source 1980 Census IILZL/L22)

one Person Per

plumbing or
piped water,



' 58. Bi.ack 'adutts trave'favier 'vears'bt'edubdtion 'than"'
do whire adulrs. The following chlrc 'sho#s the- p'efcejnt- 6fthe black/white adults 25 years o1d and over by lhe nunberof years of education completed.

Wtrite
22.07"

' ?0.$!'
28.42'

- ' L4.72
L4 .67"-

Elementary (0-8 yrs.)
High SchocL- (1-3, .y.rs..)
ifigtr- Sctroof (4 yrs. )

C'ollege'(1-3 yr'.) - "ir'i '

College (4 or .*:"T: ,r" "l ,,. : ..-. -. r .-

Black
34 .62
22-.42 - ^*.' :..

. 25.7a f na

'''' 10 .o'7" "'' " :

7:32
,:,.- r/..--^_..\.rr!

Source: U.S. Census 1980 #48)

59. 30.32 of black people 'in North Carolina l_ive in
poverty compared- to L0 -0Z.of white people

Source : U. S. Census 1980 llgll 92

60 . I r intend';;' i".r.aL"*}vor.t carolina Housing
Element L972, pp. 10-17 (See Interrogatory ll3L). I propose
a stipulation either- .of--accuracy or admissibiLity. l



43. The following percentage of black and white
failed the North Carolina Competency Test in the falI
1981, and L982 (by school disrricr).

1980

BWBW
Rdg Rdg Math Marh

1981

BWBI^I
Rd

students
of 1980,

L982
WB

Ibcklerrbwg
Forsych

Dwh^ar Cou:ty

Dtrher City
I^Iake

I.rIilson

Edgeccnrbe

Tarboro City
Nash

Rocky }brlrt
City
Northanpton

Hertford
Gates

Dfartin
Bertie
tr^Iashington

Chouran

257. 3Z

222 37"

217" 3Z

L3Z 87

L77" 3"1

307" 57"

257" 7Z

387" 2Z

222 5Z

L2Z LZ

257" 6Z

222 57.

257" 07

267" 3Z

3L7" g"l

392 37"

2sz 4z

L97" 2Z

L6Z 27"

L57" LZ

L37" 07"

LgZ 2Z

257" 2Z

282 3Z

L77. 0Z

227 L7"

L5Z 2Z

207" 5Z

L97" LZ

L07" 07"

227" 3Z

247" 8Z

23"1 llz
3LZ 6Z

2L7"

L6Z

L6Z

8Z

207.

2sz
))7

257"

LgZ

L37.

L6Z

207"

292

242

2sz

257"

L8Z

27"

27.

L7"

77.

2Z

27"

47.

2Z

LZ

07"

07"

2Z

07"

27"

8Z

07"

2Z

Math MaL\_-B,slg Rdg la^rh ttarh
I

I207" 3Z I Lg7" 27" LgZ 37.

Lgz 3"t I urz 27" Lg7" 47"
I

LgZ 37" I Lo7" 27" LgZ 37"
I232 4Z I 97" 47" L6Z 27"

247. 27" I tOZ L7" 2gt 37.
I277" 5Z I L57" 2Z 232 57.

282 77" | 202 3Z L9Z 5Z
Il9"l 37. | 207. 2Z 262 3Z

282 57" I t67. 2Z L8Z 37,
I

IL4Z 3Z I Lo7" Ll t,z 27"
I282 6Z | 207" 37" 252 27,

L77. 6Z I UZ 37. L77" LZ
I

L47" 07" I gl oz LLZ 07"

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