Attorney Notes Page 21
Working File
January 1, 1983
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In 1978 and 1980 general elections the
black candidate got, resPectively, 34t and
24* of the votes cast by black voter4s and
Iost. Px 11, appendix 3, Pp. 7-9.
This presents black voters with a
substantial dilemma either they can
vote for a fuI1 slate and forfeit the
chance of electing the black candidates of
their choice, or they can single shot vote
and lose any ability they might have had
to influence the white members of the
delegation. For example, WAke County
white candidates who got votes from
between 7t to 12\ of black voters won in
the primary election in 1980, the first
time a black candidate ever won. Pl. Ex.
1 7 (b) .8 Similarly in the Forsyth County
In Wake County, which
Democratic, winning
tantamount to election.
primary, not the general
important to examine.
is overwhelmingly
the primary is
Thus, it is the
election which ic