Letter to Ms. McGuan from Reynolds re Additional Information concerning H.B. No. 2, Chap. 1

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June 21, 1984

Letter to Ms. McGuan from Reynolds re Additional Information concerning H.B. No. 2, Chap. 1 preview

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  • Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Letter to Ms. McGuan from Reynolds re Additional Information concerning H.B. No. 2, Chap. 1, 1984. 2cf50a72-d592-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/cbb44934-a31f-4a45-951c-722c3c2081e7/letter-to-ms-mcguan-from-reynolds-re-additional-information-concerning-hb-no-2-chap-1. Accessed July 06, 2025.

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June 21, 1984
Kathleen Heenan l'lcGuan, Esq.
The Farrnq,ut Butldlng
900 Seventeenth Streec, N.U.
ttreahlnqtonr D.C. 20A06

Deer Ha. HcGuanr

Thle referr to yotrr ltay lB and 25, 1994, lettera respond-
lnB to our Hay ll, 1984, letter requeatlnq, addlt,tonal lnforraatton
coneerntnq Houae 8111 2, Chapter 1 (191t4), whtch recDoortlone
Houte Dtetrtctg I and 70 and to Houte 8111 4, Chapter 3 (1984),
concernlnq, the orotectl.on of a votcrt a prtvacy ln the State of
l'Iorth Caroltna, arrbinttted to thc AEtornev Genoral on Harch t2,
193/r, purguant to Sectlon 5 of the votlnq RLghta Act of t955,
ae anended, 42 l,.S.C. 1973c.

In e June 19, 1984, telephone converoecton I tnforncd
you that eertatn lnforoatton neeersery fot a proper rcvtetr of
the aubnltted chanl,as have not yct bcen receLved. Speclflceltv,
'rre recctved tncornplete respon8ai to paraqraohc ?- ) 3, and 4 of our
l{av 11, 1984, letter.

Eneloee,l Lr a copy of our letter spectfylng thc addtclonal
tnforrnatl.on needed tn order for the Attorney Ceneral to nake a
deterntnatton that thts chanx,e doer not have the purooae and
trtll not have the effect of denytng, or ahrldgtnq Ehe rLght to
vote on accounE of race or color. The Attornev Gcnerel hae ttxEv
days tn whtch to constder a conpleted eubmleslon purruanc to
Sectton 5. Thls atxty-day revlcv perlod w1,11 beqtn when thla
Deplrto€nt rccelvcs Ehe avatlable lnforaetton neeesstry for the
proper eveltratLon of the chanq,ee you hsve aubttttad. See thc
Procedurec for the Adntnlrtretlon of Sectl.on 5 (28 C.F.R.
51.35(a)).

Itrc aqaln note that unlega or untll the SEate racctvcc
a declerrtory ludqroent from thc Untted SEatce DlttrlcE
Court for ths Dlatrlqt of Colutbla or Ehe Attornov Gencral
lnterpoeea no obJectlon to tho sfiano,€a ln queetton, chcy
aro not leqally enforceable tnsofar ee thev affect vottng.
See alao 28 C.F.R.51.9. Alsor'd€ reralnd you that lf the
avallable tnforoatton 1r not rrrovlded, the Attorncy General
rnay obfeet Eo the nropoeed ehangcr conststent wlch the
burden of proof rrlaced uoon the rubnlttlnq authorlty.
28 C.F.R. 51.38.

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