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

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

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

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.

The Planet refutes an argument printed in the Washington Post on the disenfranchisement of African American voters.

A white special constable was caught defrauding a colored man out of his ballot, but the case was never sent to the grand jury.

The Planet believes the promotion of fair elections are “excellent” after the meeting of the Fair Elections conference in Petersburg, Virginia.

After laboring for weeks to eliminate African Americans voting rights the South Carolina Constitutional Convention believes they have succeeded.

The Planet comments on the disenfranchisement of black voters in South Carolina.

Nine of the thirteen states which had elections voted overwhelmingly Republican.