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600,000 N. C. Voters Purged Since 1984
Over 600,000 voters were
purged from the voter registra
tion lists since 1984, according
to John Edwards, executive di
rector of the N. C. Civic Educa
tion Project.
Edwards said that local
Boards of Elections purge their
lists of Inactive voters every five
years. The purge Is done follow
ing each presidential election.
In 1984, there ^yere 267,737 reg
istrants purged out of a registra
tion of 3,270,933 registrants.
Following the 1988 General
Election, 374,337 voters were
taken off the registration lists
out of 3,432,042 registrants.
Edwards stated that Initial
findings from 8 counties, report
ing gender based statistical
data. Indicate that more females
were purged than males. There
were 41,162 females purged
compared to 36,615 males.
Edwards further stated that
there Is a need for additional
voter education and civic partic
ipation. During the period be
tween 1983 and 1984, there were
533,845 new voters added to the
registration books. One year lat
er, more than half of that num
ber wai purged from the books.
During the one year period, be
tween 1987 and 1988, there were
339,904 new registrants, yet at
the end of 1988, 374,337 were
purged from the voter registra
tion list.
Additionally, during the four
year period between 1984 and
1988, 878,749 new voters were
added to the books: 642,074
were purged, leaving a net In
crease of only 231,675 more reg
istered voters. Edwards said
that approximately 72 percent
of the state's eligible voting pop
ulation Is registered to vote but
an Increasingly larger pool of
registrants are not voting.
Ten States With The Greatest Proportion of Blacks: 1985
(In percent)
MISSISSPPI
SOUTH C/ROLINA
LOUISIANA
GEORGIA
ALABAUA
M>SRVLAND
NORTH CAROLINA
VIRGINIA
DEUW/RE
ARKANSAS
Note: The District of Columbia Is excluded because It Is treated
here as a county rather than a state. SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Black Population Figures
Continued From Page lA
number of blacks (15.3 million)
and the greatest proportion of
the total population that was
black (19 percent). The remain
ing three regions were about
nine percent blacks.
* Ten metropolitan areas had a
g black population of more than
f 500,000 In 1985. New York, Chi-
5 cago. Las Angeles, and Phlladel-
j| phla had black populations of
I more than one million.
S • Metropolitan areas w,th
k black population growth of
5 more than 100,000 In 1980-J5
1 were New York (260,000) and
S lx>s Angeles (129,000). Gain! ig
k more than 50,000 were Mianii
2 (93,000), Washington, DC
» (90,000), Atlanta (82,000), Chi-
g cago (81,000), Houston (77,000),
*1 Dallas (68,000), Philadelphia
: (64,000) and San Francisco
; (53,000).
. • Blacks constituted more than
J one-third of the population In
J-11 metropolitan areas, all of
C them In the South.
E ■ • Counties with an estimated
^ black population of more than
jpne million In 1985 were Cook,
Sill. (1,416,00) and Los Angeles,
![ Calif. (1,037,000). Counties wJh
more than 500,000 blacks were
Wayne, Mich. (842,000): Kings,
N.Y. (839,000): Philadelphia, Pa
(663.000) : and Harris, Texas
(533.000) .
* The black population In
creased by more than 50,000
from 1980 to 1985 In the follow
ing counties: Los Angeles, Calif.
(88.000) : Kings, N. Y. (85,000):
Cook, lU. (64,000): Dade, Fla.
(63.000) : Prince George's Md.
(63.000) : and Harris, Texas
(60.000) .
* Among counties with at least
80,000 blacks, DeKalb, Ga.,
ranked first In black population
growth, with a 30 percent In
crease, Counties with an In
crease of more than 20 percent
were Broward, Fla (27 percent):
Prince George's, Md. (25 per
cent): and Dade, Fla. (22 per
cent).
* Among the 54 counties or
county equivalents with a black
population of at least 80,000 five
had a black majority In 1985,
they were the District of Colum
bia, 70 percent: Orleans Parish,
La,, 59 percent: Baltimore city,
Md,, 57 percent: Fulton County,
Ga., 53 percent: and Richmond
city,, Va., 52 percent
llvanhoe Slave Cemetery Discovered
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I ize the suffering of their ances-
! tors.
The grassroots project Is
planned to culminate In Septem-
^ ber with the unveiling of a single
y granite marker honoring the un-
I named dead. State officials spec-
julate It will be the first time a
I slave cemetery has been so rec-
i bgnlzed In North Carolina.
'The fact that It Is rare Is just
j one of many reasons we are do
ling this," said project organizer
jHomer Marshall Jr., who Is
IJchalrman of the Sampson Coun
ity Minorities for Progressive
t Government based In Clinton,
J,' "1 think It's a part of our herl-
fiage that needs to be remem-
Tbered. It's a place where black
I kids can go and see where they
licame from and compare It to
I where they are now. We have a
I piece of history here for both
tfvhltes and blacks, and I think
^we should maintain It for all,"
(he said.
Just how many slaves are bur-
Ifed In the one-fourth to one-half
ikcre lot Is a mystery, Marshall
t^d. However, a crew of state ar-
Jchaeologlsts who visited the site
tin April found 21 sink holes re-
tsembllng human graves,
j [ The absence of grave markers
jlmplles that the deceased were
^too poor to afford marble or
"granite tombstones, officials
Jsald, Less durable wooden mark-
iers were probably used Instead.
^ How long the cemetery was In
•use is also a mystery, Marshall
'said.
s; "Apparently, the fact that this
|was a place where slaves were
"burled was common knowledge
According to Edwards, the
number of females purged may
correlate to the underrepresen
tation of females appointed and
elected to public offices.
Consequently, of the 51 sena
tors In the North Carolina Sen
ate, four are females, represent
ing eight percent of the Senate
members. There are 120 mem
bers In the House of Represen
tatives, 20 female representa
tives, comprising 17 percent of
the House members, and of the
2,800 municipal elected offi
cials, 436 are females, repre
senting approximately 16 per
cent of the municipal elected
population. There are 523 coun
ty commissioners in the state.
Sixty one are females. Females
comprise 11 percent of the
county commissioners elected
in North Carolina. However, fe
males are slightly more than
one-half of the state's popula
tion,
Edwards further stated that a
study done by the N. C. Civic Ed
ucation Project In 1986 indicat
ed that females represented 29.1
percent of the members ap
pointed to local boards and
commissions. Data Indicated
that most of the females ap
pointed to local boards and
commissioners served on Li
brary, Social Services and His
toric Preservation Commission
Boards.
Further, the N. C. Civic Ekluca-
tlon Project wfil be issuing a re
port on the number of voters
purged by race In the near fu
ture. Edwards stated that It
seems, according to their Initial
findings, that governmental pol
icies and programs in N.C. are
being developed and shaped by
white males.
Ross Announces Bid
Continued From Page lA
Local government, Ross said,
has not taken the time to fully
think through the city's direc
tion In dealing with growth. He
draws a line between real ex
pansion of services and repro
duction of current facilities.
"I think there's a distinction
between growth and bloat," Ross
said. "Bloat Is duplicating ser
vices and businesses we already
have. We have to encourage
growth and discourage the
bloat."
While Charlotte Is becoming a
major force In attracting new
businesses, Ross said the city Is
now In a position to be more se
lective,
"Let the Chamber (of Com
merce) go out and recruit busi
nesses, but the city should de
cide who comes," he said, "l.'s
just like a college (basketbz.il)
recruiter. If you recruit 100
players zmd you need a point
guard and a center and you have
five forwards sitting on the
bench, you don't need to recruit
forwards."
City government needs to con
cern Itself with providing citi
zens with the best In basic ser
vices, such as water and sewer,
police and fire protection, Ross
said. His focus during the cam
paign will be to make those ser
vices so accessible that people
don't have to think about them,
'We cannot remain a decent,
healthy place to live If basic ser
vices are not given a high priori
ty," he said. "TTiat's something
citizens ought to be able to take
for granted."
Dog’s Tag Stirs Controversy
In Ivanhoe for years, but they
sort of took It for granted," he
said.
"Nobody ever really bothered to
do anything with It or even to
clean It up. I'd say If we hadn't
done something. It might have
disappeared forever," Marshall
said.
The cemetery, which Is about a
quarter mile from the Ivanhoe
fire station, was rediscovered
last year when a description of
its boundaries surfaced as part
of a land sale, Marshall said.
Coi. tinned From Page lA
Another shelter employee who
later learned of the tag said he
told Harpster to change the tag
Immediately.
Animal control officer Charlie
McClain said he did not know
the name was listed until he
questioned Harpster about why
Clayton had been angry.
McClain knew the dog's name
because he brought It to the shel
ter, but said he "never thought
they would put It on the tag for
the public to see."
The name was removed Thurs
day both from the dog's tag and
from animal control records.
John Crowder, county environ
mental health supervisor, said
he would try to reach Clayton to
afXDloglze. Cla3don said Satur
day he had not heard from Crow
der.
'That may not have been the
proper way to do It," Crowder
said of the tagging. 'We may pos
sibly have used a little better
judgment on putting a name out
for public view."
McClain picked the dog up June
23 from a Leland woman who
said she could no longer take
care of It, according to shelter
records and McClain's account.
When dogs are brought to the
shelter, employees fill out an In
formation sheet on them, A pa
per tag listing their breed and
name. If known. Is put on their
cage. Secretary Jacque Hamil
ton, who filled out the tag for the
dog, said she did not think about
the name.
'You just write It down," she
said. "I guess everything out
there would offend one person or
another. ... I don't get offended ty
names. They're just words to
me."
They are not "just words" to
Cla3don.
"I just feel sorry for young kids
that go In there to adopt a puppy.
especially young black chil
dren," he said, "TTiey may not be
as vocal as 1 am."
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