Excerpt from Senate Report on Voter Assistance
Annotated Secondary Research
June 14, 1983
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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Excerpt from Senate Report on Voter Assistance, 1983. eea5246c-dc92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/6eb1f00e-d2e8-403b-8faa-0a955b09a23b/excerpt-from-senate-report-on-voter-assistance. Accessed December 04, 2025.
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