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to make it a self-starter.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Singer.

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DELEGATE SINGER: I have one brief question

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on the last sentence of 303(d) where you state that

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the standard should be established immediately prior

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to statewide general election in 1972.

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I was wondering why immediately and not just

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prior. It seems to me this possibly could be

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restrictive.

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Well, we wanted to catch

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the Federal decennial statistics which will be available

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in December of 1971. If any earlier figures were

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used other than the Federal decennial census figures,

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it would be most unfortunate, considering they would be at

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hand.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher, I am not

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sure that you caught the full import of Delegate Singer's

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question.

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What would be meant by "immediately"? Could

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it be as short as one day?

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: No, sir. It would certainly