Since the population of two ol the five wards is predominantly black Negroes believe that the requirement ol - atlarge elections was designed to prevent them from electing their own councilmen. Another recent enactment required a voter to sign a poll list at the voting machine before he would be allowed tc enter the machine to vote. This law. passed in 1969. would have the same effect as reinstatement of a literacy test and clearly violated the Voting Rights * Act of 1965. Here is another example a bill is pending in Mississippi which would change the qualifications of candidates for school boards. The change would require that only high school graduates could run for these offices.
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