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Page 1 fi. The Carolina Inian Voice ^orsdoy, August 12, 1976 DON’T WASTE YOUR VOTE-POWER: VOTE FOR NINE On Tuesday, August 17 the citizens of the Robeson Count/ School District will hove their first opporrunit/ to elect their own Board of Education, The evil, polirically-morivored double-voting system has been broken. No longer will the residents of Lumberron, Red Springs, Fairmont, Sr Pouls and Moxton be able to control the Board which determines ^dycorional policy for the children orrending the schools of the county school district. In this primary election only those registered voters residing within the RpbesOn County School District will be entitled to vote for the Robeson Count/ Board of Education We should noftoke anything for granted, however, os there ore forces ofoor which'seek to deny us the fruits of our hord-eorned victory. It is by no means certain that we will elect a responsive Board of Education on August 17 What is so desperately needed iso united effort by all reform-mindecFRobesonians-Indian, Block and White. Long-standing injustices must be corrected, and yet we must be careful to insure that all people are represented lest the new Boord be os unrepresentative os the present Board Equitable considerations dictote a Boord of Education composed of all three races with representotion from the diverse geographic areas. The total student populorion of the count/ school district by race is 58% Indian 22% Block, ond 20% White Thus, d nine-member Boord should be composed of six (6) Indians, two (2) Blocks, and one (1) White In order to elect such o representative Board of Education we must beware of "modified single-shot" tactics, that is the practice of voting for fewer candidaresrhonthere ore sects to be filled Such rocrics in this particular race could hove disastrous results For example, in the 1974 primory election, Glois Hunt received 752 votes in the Pembroke precinct compared to 1195 received by o more well-known candidate -o margin of 443 votes. If only these 443 people, who were actually or the polls on rhordoy, had also voted for Glois Hunt then she would today be sitting on the Board of Education. Please note that Pembroke is used here only for illustrotive purposes because of its large size, similor modified single-shot practices occurred throughout the county: Mod we nor wasted ourvore-power by voting for fewer candidores then there were sears to be filled in the 1974 primary election think of how different Robeson County would be rodoy! The bolonce of power on the present Board would be in the bonds of reform-minded persons like ourselves. We would hove on Indion superintendent of schools The present superintendent does nor reside within the county school district and in fact his children attend the Lumberron city schools! Affirmotk'e action in employment would be o reoliry. You would be deciding the type of education which is best suited roThe needs of your child Let us nor repeat the misrokes of the past Among the seventeen (17) condidares running in the Democratic primary you con find NINE (9) who will effectively represenryour interests on the new Board of Educorion Pleos^ do not waste your vote-power Vote for NINE on August 17 It is rime for a CHANGE in Robeson Count/. The percenroge of Indian and Black teachers in Robeson has ocruolly decreased since desegregofion of the students occurred in the Fall of 1970 Asloteos last month, the present Boord approved nineteen (19) contracts — eight (8) White, seven (7) Indian, and four (4) Block Given the raciol make-up of the student populorion of the count/ school district, con anyone seriously contend that such hiring procrices ore equitable, or even legal? There ore opproximorely three (3) rimes os many Indion students os there ore White, and yet the present school administration is, or this very dare, continuing to hire more White personnel than Indion! The corrupt policies of the present school administration have even roised the ire of the Office of Civil Rights, HEW Among the procrices being questioned is the over-inclusion of minorit/ students — Black and Indian - in the special classes for the educoble mentolly retarded (EMR) However, we cannot, ond need nor, depend on HEW to solve all the mony local problems which so affect ouryoung. We — as an informed, oroused, and determined electorate - con, and must, solve our own problems or the polls on August 17, Cost your vote for CHANGE. Please do nor waste your vote-power. Vote for NINE The compoign to eliminate double-voting in Robeson hos been long and hard Our enemies have been many— including Shirley P. Britt and Thurman Anderson who are presently running for re-election to the Board of Education The bottle is far from over Surely, however, the reform-minded people of Robeson can coalesce oround NINE people who will be responsive to our wishes, and yet, or the some rime, insure representation for oil segments of our county We would nor insult the intelligence of the registered voters of the county school district by telling them for whom they should vote We believe rhor on informed elecrorore can, and will, moke the best selections possible our of the field of seventeen (17) candidates. We offer the following breakdown of condidores for purposes of information only Your right to vote is yours alone—exercise it, bur pleose do nor waste it Vote for NINE on August 17. The following candidates deserve your attention on August 17, however, the choice is yours Our of these thirteen (13) people surely we con find NINE (9) who will be advocates for a new order in Robeson. Ail areas and all races can be represented on the next Boord of Education. □ DAVID R. GREEN □ RALPH HUNT □ L. HARBERT MOORE □ J. F. LESSANE □ LAYMON P. LOCKLEAR □ SIMEON OXENDINE □ CHARLES 0. McDowell □ LILLIAN FAYE LOCKLEAR □ GLADYS S. PIERCE □ RUBY L. HAMMONDS □ BERNARD LOWRY □ TOMMY D. SWETT □ ROBERT (BOB) MANGUM Pleose remember that the two-year terms and the four-yeor terms will not be determined on August 17. The number of votes received by each candidate has nothing whatsoever to do with length of tenure in office The morrer of two and four-yeor terms will be settled in the generol election this fall You may use the obove list to mark your choices andean rake such a marked list with you into the polls on August 17 for hondy reference. Share the list with your family and friends Bur, obove all else, please exercise your right to vote The choice is yours. In the above list ore NINE people who con work to chonge things here in Robeson, We do nor exaggerate when we say that the very future of your children is or stake THIS IN FORAAATION IS BEING SUPPLIED BY SOME O F THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED TO BREAK DOUBLE-VOTING Paid for by the Ad Hoc Committee to Break Double-Voting Brenda Brooks, Treasurer
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