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

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

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

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

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.

An editor of a newspaper in New York asks John Mitchel’s opinion about the effect of disfranchisement.

Federal Election Laws are being repealed,. which brings the possibility of greater voter fraud in elections.

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

The Planet criticizes the Constitutional Convention members for a lack of justice and “following a dark and torturous way.”

White mobs “drove away” black men attempting to “pay the poll taxes” in order to vote by threatening them with shotguns at the entrance of “the county treasury”.