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

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

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.

Intended “reforms” in voting policies backfire as the number of voters drops.

White political leaders target the black community with educational requirement to vote.

After black men are elected to replace white men in Norfolk’s city council, the Democrats are taken aback and backlash.

An election in Harrisonburg, VA results in the election of a Democratic mayor and Republican treasurer; it is the first election to occur under a new election law that aims to disenfranchise black voters.

Men are convicted of electoral fraud in precincts in Henrico county, and receive a fine of $10 and one day in jail.

The Watson Bill passes in the Virginia Legislature, which aims to manipulate the ballot from illiterate men, who are mostly black.

A new law threatens to prevent illiterate voters from accurately voting by themselves, having their ballots manipulated.