Attorney Notes Page 23

Working File
January 1, 1983

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  • Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Attorney Notes Page 23, 1983. 69a95948-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/84568226-b9d4-4926-b0f5-b713a2c895dc/attorney-notes-page-23. Accessed April 07, 2025.

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have influence over the whole delegation

under the at large system, SG Br. 21-22,

rings hollow. Because single shot votingr

or voting for substantially less than a

fu11 slate, is necessary, but not suffi-

cient, for black citizens to have any

chance to elect the candidate of their

choice, they are required to give up the

ability to have any influence over the

white candidates who are elected. White

citizens as a grouP, are never in this

position since no candidate, white or

bIack, can get elected without substantial

white support. Thus, the district courtrs

finding that leveI of racially polarized

action is such that blacks must "forfeit

by practical necessity their right to vote

for a full slate of candidates" J.S. App.

41a, provides one of the bases for the

ultimate finding that polarized voting

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