Correspondence to Leonard
Correspondence
April 30, 1982

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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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:ffi EXHIBIT GG I{BR:G1IJ:JGH:ca DJ 155-.012-3 87255-57 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