Attorney Notes Page 19
Working File
January 1, 1983
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These patterns must be viewed in the
context of the districts in guestion. for
e xample , i n ltAke County 85S of the
registered voters are white. Since 70t of
thenr oD the average, do not vote for the
black candidate in the primary, Lhat
presenLs a substantial hurdle to black
voters in electing candidates of their
choice. Similarly, in SD S 22, which is
83t white in voter registration, only a
third of white voters voted for black
candidates in the primaries. For the 17t
of the voters who are black overcome. The
effects of 2/3 of the 83S voting against
this is a formidable task.
The district court found, in accord-
ance with the testimony of both the expert
for appel 1 ants and appellees, that in
order to have any choice of overcoming the
barrier created by the unwillingness of
white voters to vote for black candidates,