Hawthorne v. Baker

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge:

Plaintiffs Thomas Hawthorne and Emory Newman, on behalf of themselves and other African-American Democrats in Alabama, claim in this lawsuit that recent changes in the way members of the State Democratic Executive Committee and members of 47 of the 67 County Democratic Executive Committees are selected must be precleared under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c. This three-judge court has been convened to hear these claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2284 and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c. We conclude that the changes are subject…