South Carolina's 7th Congressional District
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1981
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Justice Department objects under Section 5 to South Carolina's 1981 House reapportionment, Act R249
In a letter listed in its index as dated November 18, 1981, the Justice Department addressed Act No. R249 (1981), the reapportionment of the South Carolina House of Representatives, received September 19, 1981. The plan had 124 single-member districts, "the overwhelming majority of which are unobjectionable," but the letter found noticeable dilution or fragmentation of the minority vote in districts in Florence, Richland, Lee, Allendale-Bamberg-Barnwell and Jasper-Beaufort counties, and states "I must, on behalf of the Attorney General, interpose an objection to Act No. R249 pursuant to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965." A later letter, on the state's request for reconsideration, withdrew the objection only as to the Allendale, Bamberg and Barnwell counties area and declined to withdraw it as to the other parts of the plan.
- U.S. Department of Justice: Section 5 determination letter, State of South Carolina, 1981 (scanned letter) ↗
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division: Voting Determination Letters for South Carolina (index) ↗
Source last checked Oct 21, 2026
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