Bayh, Hon. Birch, U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana_ Tunney, Hon. John V., U.S. Senator from the State of California, Allen, Hon. James B., U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama__ Benites, Joe, president, League of United Latin American Citizens; accompanied by Antonio Morales, chairman, American G.I. Forum of the United States; Manuel Fierro, president, National Congress of Hispanic American Citizens; Richard Zazueta, director, SER- Jobs for Progress; Gilberto Chaves, National Image, and Rafael Moreno, Tejano Political Action Committee____. Castillo, Leonel, Controller for the city of Houston, Tex.. Cotrell, Dr. Charles L., professor of Political Science, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Tex.. Flemming, Arthur S., chairman, United States Commission on Civil Rights; accompanied by John A. Buggs, staff director; Lawrence B. Glick, acting general counsel, and David H. Hunter, attorney and Glickstein, Howard A., director, Center for Civil Rights, University of Notre Dame; accompanied by Dennis Mulshine, staff assistant.. Goldwater, Hon. Barry, U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona; ac- companied by J. Terry Emerson, counsel. Gravel, Hon. Mike, U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska.. Hart, Hon. Philip A., U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan_. Jordan, Hon. Barbara, a U.S. Representative from the State of Jordan, Vernon E., Jr., executive director, National Urban League, 844 Katzenbach, Nicholas De B., Executive Committee, Lawyers' Com- mittee for Civil Rights Under Law.. 119 Lewis, John, executive director, Voter Education Project, Inc.- Martinez, Vilma S., president and general counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; accompanied by Tom Reston, Mitchell, Clarence, director, Washington Bureau, National Associ- 44 Pottinger, J. Stanley, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Rane, Hon. James W., presiding judge, Inferior Court, Henry County, Rauh, Joseph L., Jr., counsel, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and vice president, Americans for Democratic Action____ Rodriguez, Modesto, Mexican American Community Representative; Scott, Hon. Hugh, U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania. Scott, Hon. William L., U.S. Senator from the State of Virginia. Summer, Hon. A. F., Attorney General for the State of Mississippi.. Van Alstyne, William W., Perkins Professor of Law, Duke University. PREPARED STATEMENTS 535 112 726 255 Glickstein, Howard A., director, Notre Dame Center for Civil Rights.. Gravel, Hon. Mike, U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska.. Hart, Hon. Philip A., U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan.. Jordan, Hon. Barbara, a U.S. Representative from the State of Texas.. Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts. Korbel, George, attorney at law... Martinez, Vilma S., president and general counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund... Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr., U.S. Senator from Maryland.... 71 820 Mitchell, Clarence, director, Washington Bureau, National Association 51 Pottinger, J. Stanley, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division.. 579 64 733 260 White, Hon. Mark, Secretary of State for the State of Texas.................. - 291 STATE BILLS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Mississippi Senate bill: No. 2586, An act to change the voter registration 198 No. 45, to repeal 244, Mississippi Constitution, Literacy Requirement 203 No. 46, to repeal 243, Mississippi Constitution, Poll Tax-- 205 295 No. 165. Requires that election materials and ballots must be printed in both Spanish and English in all elections conducted in political subdivisions in which 5 percent or more of the inhabitants are persons No. 542. Allows voters confined in jail to vote absentee, and deletes obsolete provisions of the election code which are to the contrary. - No. 784. Allows reduction of precinct sizes to 50 voters in counties under 100,000 population, and reduction to 25 voters in counties No. 1469. Deletes the prohibition against hiring vehicles and drivers NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS "Government in the Sunshine, Open Records, Open Meetings, Emphasis: Texas," by Ronald L. Plesser and Peter J. Petkas.. "Open Government of Texas Praised in Council Report," from the Austin New York State, on Behalf of New York, Bronx, and Kings Counties, Political South Carolina v. Katzenbach, opinion of Justice Black.. Weaver et al. v. Muckleroy et al., in the U.S. District Court, Eastern Division 782 248 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Affidavit, State of Mississippi, County of Madison, Ike Brown Affidavit, State of Texas, County of Bexar, Maria Del Rosario Castro...-- Affidavit, State of Texas, County of Walker, Wendell II. Baker... Alaska, Senate District B, election district 2, sample primary election Applicability of Voting Rights Act of 1965 to Texas and other areas of the United States Southwest having large concentrations of Spanish- speaking voters, memorandum to J. Stanley Pottinger from MALDEF, 255 Application for voter registration certificate, Harris County, Tex. Black and white registration in the 11-State South, 1960-72. Black elected officials in the United States as of April 1974 (as published by the Joint Center for Political Studies in the 1974 Roster of Black Black elected officials in the South, 1968-74 (as published by the Voter Blacks in elective office compared to population, voting age population, 664 662 Chart: Texas: Average voting participation in the 1972 election arranged by counties according to percent of Hispanos in the voting age popula- Civil Rights Commission staff draft title III. 708 Civil Rights Division memorandum on the meaning of "Race or Color”- 698 709 636 Counties and elections covered by Federal observers, 1966–1974_ Counties in Texas where less than 50 percent of eligibles were registered or Cross-examination of Hon. Pike Powers, Texas State Representative, by Mr. Richards in the Regester case.. Estimated percentage of black voters registered by Federal examiners, Examples of situations in which observers were authorized. Excerpt from 1921 census of Mexico (Resumen del Censo General de Habi- tantes: De 30 de Noviembre de 1921; Departamento de la Estadistica Excerpts from Texas election laws, 1974-1975 edition, sections 5.20(a) and February 5, 1975, section 5 objection letter to Grenada, Miss., and cor- responding map; map of Tuskegee, Ala., reprinted from Gomillion v. List of all counties with over 5 percent Spanish heritage voting age popula- tion and percent voter participation in the November 1972 Presidential List of section 5 objections by State, 1965-1975-- Lists and summaries of Department of Justice litigation under the Voting Miller, Hon. Andrew P., attorney general, Commonwealth of Virginia, testimony before the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights of the House Judiciary Committee on extension of the Voting 820 Map of proposed districts, Hinds County.. (Fold-out, facing page 139) Mississippi Law Journal. County Redistricting in Mississippi: Case Studies in Racial Gerrymandering, by Frank R. Parkr......... Voter Registration Form, 1972-75__. 1972 voter registration and turnout, by race and national origin___ 1974 ratio of black and Spanish origin elected officials to voting age popula- Non-citizens in United States from Spanish language countries who re- ported under the alien address program during 1974----- Number of changes submitted under section 5 and reviewed by the Depart- 597 Number of changes submitted under section 5 and reviewed by the Depart- 597 Number of section 5 objections interposed by the Department of Justice, 600 Number of changes submitted under section 5 and reviewed by the Depart- 716 October 31, 1974, report from California secretary of state: Compliance 681 Percent voter participation in the November 1972 Presidential election: 721 Procedures for the administration of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 601 Sample ballot from State of New Mexico, November 2, 1971_ 679, 680 637 631 595 Texas Penal Code, title 8, Offenses Against Public Administration, chap- 364 497 Voter registration, by race, in the Southern States covered by the Voting 658 CORRESPONDENCE SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Bullock, Bob, former secretary of state of Texas, re: Assistance to 361 Bullock, Bob, comptroller of public accounts, Austin, Tex., to Hon. 247 Mahan, Joan S., secretary, State board of elections, Commonwealth Mahan, Joan S., secretary, State board of elections, Commonwealth of Virginia, to Hon. William L. Scott, U.S. Senator from Virginia, 817 Obledo, Mario, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Snyder, Anne D., chairman, Prince William County Electoral Board, Virginia, to Joan S. Mahan, secretary, State board of elections, 363 Tatel, David S., and Tom Reston, to J. Stanley Pottinger, Assistant 771 |