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  • Topic is exactly "Voting"

June 22, 1895

Judge Goff of the Circuit Court of the United State has reversed a recent ruling stating that South Carolina registration officers could act under illegal election laws.

June 8, 1895

A justice for Virginia lets a white Democratic constable off with no charges after the constable was accused of deceiving illiterate voters.

May 18, 1895

An Appellate Court Judge declares the registration and dispensary laws unconstitutional, making it harder to disenfranchise black people.

April 6, 1895

Votes for a primary election in Henrico County, Virginia, are publicly being sold without challenges to the lawfulness of the act.

February 16, 1895

The Attorney General of Virginia argues that it is lawful to present several types of ballots, though the law states that there should only be one.

December 25, 1897

The “unconstitutional ‘constitutional’ convention in South Carolina” plans to formally disfranchise the black man at the start of the new year.

May 15, 1897

The Planet emphasizes the racism of the Richmond Dispatch and talks about their “chronic attacks of Negro-phobia.”

October 31, 1903

The Democratic Party of Virginia” holds an “unconstitutional ‘Constitutional’ Convention” to discuss how blacks are the “‘hindering cause’ in the way of a pure election”.

October 10, 1903

The Planet accuses the “Democrats of Henrico County” of unconstitutionally disregarding the black vote.

August 3, 1901

The Planet quotes the 14th and 15th amendments explaining just how unconstitutional the “Constitutional” Convention of Virginia actually is.
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