Leflore County Mississippi Democratic Committee Instructions Re: Unregistered Negro Applicants to Vote in Democratic Primary
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09562 Author/Creator: Leflore County Mississippi Democratic Committee Place Written: Greenwood, Mississippi Type: Printed document Date: 1963 Pagination: 2 p. ; 35 x 22.5 m. Order a Copy
A document containing instructions for polling officals in Greenwood and Itta Bena, Mississippi on how to handle unregistered African American applicants at polling stations. Reciting Section 3114, Miss. Code 1942, calls on polling officials to prevent the disruption of other voters and to "be careful to follow the law," to prevent the success of any law suits that may be brought against them by the Attorney General of the United States. This document contains instructions to discourage unregistered African American's from attempting to register or casting a ballot. Several lines on the document pertaining to poll tax receipts and exemption certificates have been crossed out in both pencil and ink. The text becomes lighter as the document progresses. The exact date is unknown, but this document is believed to be from the 1963 election.
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