Letter from Lani Guinier and Marcia Smith to Strategy Conference

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December 4, 1984

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LesarU&renseH. NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC.

99 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10013o(212) 219-1900

Decsnber 6, 1984

Dear Conference Pa:ticipant:

Thank yo.r for agareeing to participate in ttre Strategy Conference on Voter
Recristration on Decsnber 14. Ide will neet, Lrere f:sn 10:00 a.m., lo 4200 p.m.,
with an horlr break for lr"nctr. We elrPect about 50 people, including voter
registration activists, comn"xnity leaders, law1rers, poritlcal scierrtists, ard
legislative e>perLs. To jnsrrce ttrat ttre ma>rimrn anount of tjne is dsroted to
stra@y arut planning, we enclose a packet of materials that will bning you up
to da@ on voter registration activities in L984.

We look fo:rrarrd to a lively and pnoductslve discr.rssion of ttre folIo*rirtg issues:

A. Ovenriesv of litiqafion
Acess to p:blic waitJng rGrIEt
AEpointment of degrQr regisfi:a::s
Establistnsrt of satellite registratisr sites
Defense of Elrecutive Orders
Student registratj-on, registration of the disabled/the

hcneless, pr:rging

B. Viabiu-tv of leqa.L ttleories
Ilnited States Constitution, Votilg Ftights Act, state lalr
Statewide vs. cor:ntY aPProach
The srcia1 science research agenda

C. ,ludiciallv inposed rgnedies

D. Voter registration drives
Major ba:riers
Inpact on turnout
Special a'rperience of black arvl Latino ccrnnr:nity
Relationship of litigation to grassrocts registratj-on act-ivity

E. h:blic agenqF registration
F. Leqislative initiatives

State legislation
The Irnod in Cotgress
The rcIe of the political Parties
Ttre role of the media

G. Agenda for refomt
Silcerely,

Lani Guinier
I,larcia mitfl

Contributions are deductihle for U.S. income tar purposes

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