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| Mississippi Plan in regards to voting |
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1890
-residence requirements: Citzens of the state for 2 years, live in voting district for one year
-Poll tax: tax of $2 paid by Feb1st of election year, present receipt in november
-criminal disqualification: long list of crimes blacks are more likely to commit
-literacy test: had to be able to read and write section of state constitution chosen by the registrar
-Understanding clause: if the voter was illiterate he could still register if he could understand a section |
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6 states used in place of understanding clause
2 types: solider clause:person was on permanent registration roll if he or anyone related to him was a veteran of any 19th century war
voting grandfather: waived literacy test for anyone who could or who's grandfather coul vote in any state on Jan 1st 1867 |
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| Mississippi Voting in 1898 |
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| 250,000 to 77,000 total electorate |
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| upheld literacy test and poll tax |
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