&quot;Hinds Vote Count Completed 40 Hours After Polls Closed&quot;, August 11, 1967

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Title: "Hinds Vote Count Completed 40 Hours After Polls Closed", August 11, 1967
Date: 1967-08-11
Decade: 1960-1969
Description: Newspaper article discussing the completion of a vote count in Hinds County, Mississippi in primary races, despite complications with the vote-tabulating computer technology. The plodding vote-tabulating computer revealed that 18 men claimed first primary victories in Hinds County political races. Fourteen races were to be decided in a second primary vote on August 29th, and the status of two other races hinged on the outcome of absentee ballots. 1 page.
Subject: Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Medium: newspaper clippings
Collection: Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Geographic Location: Mississippi
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1951
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