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

Virginian Legislators move to hold a Constitutional convention in order to “disfranchise” African American voters

Henrico is accused of being “the worst [county] so far as political recognition of the [black] brother is concerned”; the county spreads the notion that black people are “so corrupt and so addicted to selling their votes” and should therefore be…

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

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

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

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.

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

WM. Lloyd Garrison demands equal suffrage and that the constitution should be upheld in a meeting for “colored leaders” in the country.

Ex-Governor Charles O’Ferrall indignantly cries out against implementing a “literacy test” for voters, thus denying the uneducated suffrage.