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majority-black district was 66.1% black, while the part placed in the majority-white district was 44.5% black. The split precinct map, APSX 269, clearly shows how the drafters separated majority-black blocks from majority-white blocks in this precinct.

c. In the Wall Street Comm Ctr precinct, the drafters placed 817 blacks and 507 whites in majority-black HD 82 , while they placed 51 blacks and 229 whites in majority-white HD 81 . SDX 405 at 170-71. The part of this precinct placed in the majority-black district was 60.3% black, while the part placed in the majority-white district was 17.8% black. The split precinct map, APSX 270, clearly shows how the drafters separated majority-black blocks from majority-white blocks in this precinct.

116. Race was the predominant factor motivating the drafters' decision to place a significant number of voters within or without HD 82 .

HD 83 , Lee, Chambers, and Russell Counties.

117. The drafters reached and exceeded their 57.03% black target for HD 83 by only 0.67%. APSX 01. A net total of 4,934 persons were added to HD 83 to bring it within $\backslash pm\; 1\backslash \%$ deviation, 3,086 blacks and 1,595 whites. SDX 403 at 7; SDX 406 at 7.

118. The drafters split the Lee County boundary in 4 House districts, the

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