Attorney Notes Page 37
Working File
January 1, 1983
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community because they were afraid of the
consequences of this litigation. Houser
Dep. at 49.
In HD Mecklenburg County, in 1gg2,
there were only 7 white Democratic
candidates for g seatsr so at least one
black candidate had to win. px 11, App.
3. fn addition, in Mecklenburg, as in
Forsyth, white and Republican turnout was
low in 1982r making it unlikely that 1gg2
would repeat itself . T. 94, 144. Even in
1982, the black candidates who lost
election bids for the House and Senate
h'ere the only Democrats to be defeated in
the election for the General Assembly. px
14(d), px 13(o).
fn Durham County, in 1ggZ, the only
whi te candidates lrere two democrats and
one independent. Therefore a black had to
wi n i n the primaryr dDd the general
election was essentially uncontested.