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Page 12A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, July 21, 1994 EE ES A a Oe AGREEM ENT ducted with no change except that four to three the number of votes and must represent the entire coun- Tuesday by the commissioners is STO R E the three commissioners elected at cast by each voter, but that would ty rather than just one portion. truly a negotiated compromise, From Page 1-A that time will serve terms of only be the only change the court could Each citizen continues to vote for a with neither side admitting the cor- two years rather than four years. order. majority of the commissioners. rectness of the other's position," From Page 1-A Cashion also called the board's The purpose of that change will be This at-large "limited voting" Unlike district elections where a said Dickson. ¢ decision to appoint two people to to put those three commissioners election plan is similar to plans that ~~ candidate may be at a disadvantage "The Board of Commissioners is full terms in an elected office as on the same election schedule as have been used to settle several as a racial minority in his or her pleased that the basic, at-large fea- tion for him. His het worked for unconstitutional and said she had the other four, having all seven other voting rights cases in North district, all candidates in the county ture of the present election method Carpenter Brothers in and got never approved any part of the plan ~~ commissioners elected concurrent- Carolina in recent years. Similar will have an equal opportunity re- has been retained." into business on his own as which she charged had been dis- ly in 1998 and every four years voting plans have been used to re- gardless of where they live. Also, The consent decree prepared by McGinnis Mercantile mn. 1900, op- cussed completely behind closed thereafter. The 1996 election other- solve voting rights lawsuits against voters need not be assigned to dis- the plaintiff, Rev. M. L. Campbell erating a tin business which he sold doors without the public's knowl- wise will be the same as in the the Sampson County Board of tricts, and district lines do not have of Kings Mountain and other black tO W. A. Childers. McGinnis edge. past, with all candidates running Education, Clinton City Board of to be redrawn after each census. leaders, and the board of commis- Furniture opened in the early "One thing that wasn't pointed at-large and each voter allowed to Education, Tyrrell County Board of With the plan being adopted, the sioners now must be submitted to ~~ 1930's. ; out today and is part of the agree- vote for up to three. Commissioners and Board of same ballot is given to each voter the court for its approval. : _ Barnette has 54 years experience ment is that following the 1998 The change in the election sys- Education, Beaufort County Board in the county and there is no need Because Cleveland County is in the furniture trade. He went to election the plantiffs may petition tem begins with the 1998 election. of Commissioners and Jamesville to alter the present precincts or vot- one of the 40 counties in North Work for Harold Coggins at the court to reduce from four to All seven commissioners will be Town Board of Commissioners. ing places. Carolina subject to Section 5 of the Cooper's in 1940. He retired 10 three the number of votes that may elected concurrently and all will The General Assembly in 1993 en- Commission Chairman Cecil Voting Rights Act, the new plan years ago and the business was op- be cast by each voter in the party run at- large, just as now. The dif- acted limited voting plans for the Dickson said that the board would must also be precleared by the U. erated by the late Dougle Davis primaries and general election if a ference will be that each voter will Perquimans County Board of have preferred to make no change S. Justice Department. who died suddenly recently of a minority member is not elected,” be limited to casting four votes. In Commissioners and Board of in the election method but a settle- That submission made by the heart attack. ie she said. other words, the ballot will look Education. ment of the lawsuit was necessary county Tuesday, the preclearance Barnette and his wife, Irene Under the agreement, the 1994 the same as in the past except that "This kind of election method to avoid prolonged and expensive process usually takes at least 60 Leigh Barnette, have two daugh- election will proceed as scheduled, the instruction will say to mark on- improves the opportunity for mi- litigation. days and sometimes longer, said ters, Kay Rosenblatt and Brenda with two commissioners being ly four names. The top seven can- nority citizens to elect candidates The transfer of the case by the Michael Crowell of Raleigh, attor- Swan of Charlotte and two grand- elected in November, but the board ~~ didates will be nominated in the without the problems associated courts to the District of Columbia ney for the county. sons, Craig Swan and John will be expanded from five to sev- party primaries, with no run-offs, with districts, said Rev. J. L. increased the expense to the county Rosenblatt. hs ; en members in December with the and the top seven candidates will Osborne Jr., chairman of the coun- and made the outcome less pre- The official documents which McGinnis and his wife, Doris appointment of two representatives be elected in November. ty NAACP. dictable, he said. By directing the were then signed by the voting Payseur McGinnis, have two of the black community. The pre- Depending on the experience with Elections are still at-large, so parties to mediate, the court made members Dickson, E. J. Van Hoy, daughters, Donna Bumgardner and sent board will make those ap- the new election plan, the NAACP that all commissioners still must clear that it wished to see the case Sam Gold and Ralph Gilbert. Sandra McGinnis and two grand- pointments after giving the could return to court after the 1998 campaign countywide, are answer- settled, if at all possible. Cashion would not sign the docu- © SO0S Christopher Johnson and NAACP an opportunity to object to election and seek to reduce from able to all citizens of the county "THe settlement approved ment, Matthew Bumgardner. names on a list of potential ap- pointees. The court will resolve any disputes about the appoint- ments. The two people appointed to the new seats will serve until the 1998 election. 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