Correspondence to Leonard

Correspondence
April 30, 1982

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Document incomplete, likely from Bradford Reynolds.

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  • Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Correspondence to Leonard, 1982. 81e9fab2-d392-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/f3c4cad8-39fd-4524-9795-2ca60e0d90ce/correspondence-to-leonard. Accessed October 09, 2025.

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Jerris Leonard,
Jerrls Leonard
Suite 1020
900 Seventeenth
Washlngton, D.

Uathington, D.C. 205J0

April 30, L982

Esqulre
& Assoclates

Street, N.W.
c. 20006

Dear Mr. Leonard:

Thls ls ln reference to the submlsslon of H.B. 1
(House Reapportlonrnent) , S.B. I (Senate Reapportlonnent)
and H.B. 2 (relattng to the cand_ldate quallflcatton perlod
and the prlmary eleitlon date) for the -State of North
Carollna. Your subnlssl.on, pursuant to Sectlon 5 of the
Voting Rlghte Act, was recelved on Aprll 28, L982, and was
eupplemented wlth additlonal lnformatlon recelved on
Aprll 30, 1982. As requested, we have glven your eubmlsslon
expedlted cons lderatl.on.

Wlth respect to Ehe votlng changes occasloned by
H.B. 1 and S.B. 1 (the House and Senate redtstricting plans),
the Attorney General does not lnterpose any obJectlone.
Wlth respect- to ttr" proposed change ln the candldare fl1tng
perlod and the prlmary electlon date, our analysls shows tf,at
under H.B. 2 the date of the primary ls stated to be June 10,
L982 and the perlod for quallficatlon ls scated ro be Aprtl 30
through May 7, L?82. As you vrere advlsed over the telephone by
Mr. Reynolds earller today, thls schedule would necessitate out
interposlng an obJectlon under SecElon 5 since lt would have a
severely adverse lmpaet ln those new districts where black
voters for the flret tlme have a falr opportunlty of electlng
candldaEes of thelr cholce.

In the suppleroental informaEion provlded to us today,
you have tndtcated Ehat the state Board of ElecElons, purbuanc
to lts statutory auEhorlty, wLll amend thls schedule so that
the prlmary w111 be held on Tuesday, June 29, L982, wlth a
second prlmary, [f necessary, to be held on JuIy 27, 1982, and
Ehe_perlod_fo-r quallfylng by peEltlon wlll be extended ro May L7,
1982. In llght of these clrcrrmstances, w€ do not interpose ln
obJectlon at thls tlme. ShouLd Lhe schedule be amended as set

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