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" Mississippi constitution and laws impose the requirements that an applicant must be able to read and write any section of the State constitution and give a "reasonable interpretation... "
The Negro: The Southerner's Problem - Page 143
by Thomas Nelson Page - 1904 - 316 pages
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The New International Encyclopaedia, Volume 18

Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1906 - 936 pages
...or understand and explain it when read to them. Those applying for registration after that date must be able to read and write any section of the State Constitution or to show that they own and have paid all taxes collectible during the previous year on property in the State assessed...
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The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 25

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1920 - 934 pages
...guarded against by the constitutional provisions that voters applying for registration after 1898 must be able to read and write any section of the State constitution or must show that they have paid all taxes for the previous year on property appraised at $300 or over....
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The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 25

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1920 - 934 pages
...guarded against by the constitutional provisions that voters applying for registration after 1898 must be able to read and write any section of the State constitution or must show that they have paid all taxes for the previous year on property appraised at $300 or over....
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Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive ..., Volume 7

Thomas Edward Finegan - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1922 - 652 pages
...read and write the state Constitution in English. The Constitution of Oklahoma says the applicant must be able to read and write any section of the state Constitution. South Carolina requires ability to read and write the Constitution. Virginia requires that the applicant...
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Scribner's Magazine, Volume 36

Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - American periodicals - 1904 - 1028 pages
...requires that a voter shall have paid six months prior to the election any poll-taxes then due, and be able to read and write any section of the State...approbation of the local board of civil authority." tion, served in time of war in the army or navy of the United States or the Confederate States, or...
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Nomination and Election of President and Vice President and Qualifications ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Election law - 1962 - 114 pages
...all the requirements of § 244 of the Constitution, as amended, which provides that applicant must be able to read and write any section of the State Constitution and give a reasonable interpretation thereof. (See also §3213.) 9. Citizenship. — If naturalized,...
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Literacy Tests and Voter Requirements in Federal and State Elections ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights - Literacy tests (Election law) - 1962 - 756 pages
...supra, holds that a State statutory requirement, applicable to all races, that a prospective voter be able to read and write any section of the State constitution in the English language is a fair way of determining whether a person is literate and bears a relationship...
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Literacy Tests and Voter Requirements in Federal and State Elections ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights - Literacy tests (Election law) - 1962 - 712 pages
...requirement of the State of North Carolina that specified as a requirement for a prospective voter to be able to read and write any section of the State constitution in the English language. The Court cited Mason v. .Missouri. 179 US 328, in support of its ruling,...
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Hearings Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights: Hearings Held ...

United States Commission on Civil Rights - African Americans - 1965 - 834 pages
...qualifications the Mississippi constitution and laws impose the requirements that an applicant must be able to read and write any section of the State constitution and give a "reasonable interpretation" thereof to the satisfaction of the registrar; he must demonstrate...
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Voting Rights: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 5, 89th Congress, 1st ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 1226 pages
...qualifications, the Mississippi constitution and laws impose the requirements that an applicant must be able to read and write any section of the State constitution and give a "reasonable interpretation" thereof to the satisfaction of the registrar ; he must demonstrate...
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