[EL] common assertion about redistricting isn't true

[Brian Landsberg]

That is correct.  
In  1965 and 1966 DOJ was monitoring registration and elections and had not yet geared up for section 5 enforcement. 

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On Jun 12, 2011, at 5:31 PM, "Abigail Thernstrom" <thernstr at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:

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>    I am sure that none were -- although of course I could be wrong.  But  
> prior to Allen, there was no reason for any jurisdiction to believe  
> redistricting had to be submitted for preclearance.
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> Abigail Thernstrom
> Vice-chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
> Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
> www.thernstrom.com
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> On Jun 12, 2011, at 8:24 PM, john.k.tanner at gmail.com wrote:
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>> And I would question whether any redistricting plans were submitted  
>> for section 5 review pre-Allen
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jmwice at gmail.com
>> Sender: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
>> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:21:32
>> To: <richardwinger at yahoo.com>; <law-election at uci.edu>
>> Reply-To: jmwice at gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [EL] common assertion about redistricting isn't true
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>> Interesting point. Perhaps we can refer to 2011-2012 the first  
>> regular post decennial census redistricting with a Democrat in the  
>> White House.
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>> Jeff Wice
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:05:03
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>> Subject: [EL] common assertion about redistricting isn't true
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