FREEDOM INFORMATION SERVIOS Box 120 Tougaloo, Mississippi 39174 July 30, 1966 Dear (Stecsunity Leader Or Organizer, Here Is Some
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FREEDOM INFORMATION SERVIOS Box 120 Tougaloo, Mississippi 39174 July 30, 1966 Dear (stecsunity Leader or Organizer, Here is some information that we think will help you in your work. Included are: N . Mississippi Political Calendar Votes for Freedom Candidates in Official Elections Democratic Primary Election Results, June 7, 1966 196S Democratic Primary votes by precincts in your county Precincts Won or Tied by FDP Candidates in 1966 primary Who to Write to in the Movement for Information ftoverasent Agencies to Write to for Information In a few days you will get information on the board of education election (November 8, 1967) and the school trustee election (March 4, 1967). Also, Duties and Qualifications of Officials Elected in 1SS7, and How to File Petitions to Run Candidates. *._ ; In about two weeks, handbooks on local government will be sent. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS FOR THE USE OF PEOPLE IN THE MOVEMENT IN YOUR COUNTY. ~ ~~ ' If it should be sent to someone else, instead of you, please let us know right away. If you can use more copies of anything, tell us how many , ,~-ye% needjand the title of the paper. -~""'' Please let us know, too, if the information we send is "helpful. If you want to know more about a subject, write to a person listed on Who to Write to or to the Freedom Information Service. ". , ,..,, .. ***** . •»•• .,-**-- H** If you have not sent back the information form we asked you to fill out a few weeks ago, please send i,t soon,. A second Mississippi Hewsletter will be coming out soon, ana your county should be represented. NOTE OUR HEW ADDRESS, written at the top of the page. For peace and freedom, t MlMP0.kxii.u2- Ir counties with federal registrars, people can regiblex until Sepuwiber 24, 196b and be able to vote for Senator and Congressmen" This November 8. A lot can still be done ! ! FREEDOM INFORMATION SERVICE Box 120 Tougaloo, Mississippi 39174 August 16, 196b Dear Community leader or Organizer, This is the second in a series of mailing by the Freedom Information Service. Most of the information will be about politics and elections, including the ASCS elections. The materials are sent to one or two people in each county to keep for the use of anybody who can use them. IMPORTANT: 1- The 7-page workbook on the county board of education is designed to be used in community meetings to get candidates and support for candidates in Beat 5 for the November election. I? you plan to run someone from Beat 5 this fall (see summary sheet for counties where this vote won't take place), write on the form below how many copies of the workbook you can use. They will be sent immediately. 2~ Petitions must be in for ASCS candidates by October 20. Ballots must be mailed back by November 14. Five community committeemen will be elected from every ASCS community. So there is not much time! Materials are being prepared and we are trying to get money for workshops. Please check in the form below if you will or will not be running farmers for the ASCS community committees. Also, how many farmers will you need leaflets for, to try and get out the vote? How many people in your county could hold local workshops on ASCS if there is money for them? EVERYBODY Please send the form below back to us as soon as possible. It will have to be First Come, First Served. So let us know right away what you'll need in order to WIN these elections. This is for County. My name is We will D wi I no_ £~j run a candidate for Beat 5 member of the county board of education We can use _______________ copies of the board of ed. workbook. how many We will Q will not tZ3 run candidates in the ASCS election. We will need leaflets for people. how many There are people in this county who could workshops here : to get people to vote and run candidates for ASCS. PLEASE send this to F.I.S., Box 120, Tougaloo, Miss. 39174 * Per Cent of Negroes voting tot Freedom Candidate for U.S. Senator, Democratic Primary, June 7* 1966 Lrst District County Estimated Negro Votes for Whitley Per Cent Registration* ATTALA 1207 279 23 BOLIVAR 7162 904 13 CALHOUN 106 37 ;~~ 35 CARROLL 1420 523 37 CHICKASAW 543 112 21 CHOCTAW 176 11 CLAY ' 1695 492 29 LEFLORE 7560 1137 15 LOWNDES 1273 297 23 MONROE 672 138 21 MONTGOMERY 772 44 6 OKTIBBEHA 930 88 9 SUNFLOWER 2325 627 27 WASHINGTON 5935 121 2 WEBSTER 99 ii'icC'' 11 Total 31,823 5129 1i Second District ALCORN 394 35 9 BENTON 906 246 27 COAHOMA 7216 1501 21 DESOTO 1667 539 32 GRENADA 2 1758 37 ITAWAMBA 30 66 20 LAFAYETTE 14 851 123 LEE 10 744 72 MARSHALL 2604 638 25 PANOLA 21 2452 512 PONTOTOC 10 216 22 PRENTISS 14 13 114 QUITMAN 1382 252 19 TALLAHATCHIE 161 1174 14 TATE 1429 83 6 TiPPAH 387 177 46 TISHOMINGO 128 55 71 TUNICA 505 37 7 UNION 298 91 31 10 YALOBUSHA. 239 24 Total 24,457 4,655 1 Third District /'DAMS 6005 1875 31 'i^MITE 995 373 37 CLAIBORNE 2306 1627 56 )PIAH 1v18 288 20 DUNKLIN 358 20 6 rOmity Estimated Negro Votes for Whitley Per Cei Registration* • IV ••' T ") * * Third Dfstrict (dont.) HINDS 16892 4647 28 JEFFERSON 2049 1717 84 UNCOLN 520 sa.&?5 ;34 PIKE 2417 ^18 TO WALTHALL 1293 290 22 WARREN 5229 1680 32 WILKINSON 121 162 '..'*! 34 Total 40,203 13,772 34% > Fourth District -"5'. CLARKE 1026 376 37 HOLMS 4655: 1890 ::41 HUMPHREYS 1283 0;v 167 13 ISSAQUENA 491 '•wo 161 33. JASPER 1061 :,rv 200 : 20 KEMPER 36a of" 33 9 LAUDERDALE 5576.,, c,, 1358 24 LEAKE 849 . c 161 19 MADISON 6054 tC " 1284 21 NESHOBA 986~7:: """ "~ 301 3i;-- NEWTON 1127 213 19 NOXUBEE 1837 94 ••:. • • 5 •• •• RANKIN 1644, -.,,%• 489 30 SCOTT 105 \l' H7 2¥':'- SHARKEY 458 93 sr S ; • :; SIMPSON 1349.:v ,:•?;• 155 ir" ( SMITH 106 37 33 •'- WINSTON 757 171 '23 YAZOO 1053 61 6 ••' Total 31,441 7,391 249* y, 0 Fifth District " '"*! ' *• COVINGTON s 937., *r"s~ 74 8 FORREST 2064 . ;. 929 45 ;. ; GEORGE - 124;,;:;,- wr 54 44 GREENE 264 : ••: .,,• 39 15 HANCOCK 514 ,:.,.. 62 12 HARRISON 4588 ]... v.w,.; 487 11 JACKSON 1436 r' 332 23 JEFF DAVIS 1833 v ,1(. 240 13 JONES 2110 | 665 32 IAMAR 178 , 51 29 •;' LAW RENCE ''.__.. - 4080---'--- "":r'T~45 4 MARION 1227 185 15 PEARL RIVER 474 55 12 PERRY 226 44 19 STONE 94 . A 39 41 WAYNE 370 ,-,- :K-:'"75 20 Total 17,519 , 3,376 19^ ""' *•—0 VQfT includes people whose race _[ <£J -!-"^1--TO pr^'- -* »- - *\v- - VOTER REGISTRATION FOR HINDS COUNTY. MISSISSIPPI FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Negroes Total Negroes Total Thru Thru July 9 Thru July 9 Thru Ward July 8, 1966 July 8 August 15 August 15 (Jackson) 1 963 76 3 0 2 446 0 1 0 3 256 2 0 0 4 388 2 0 0 5 1384 1085 8 6 6 715 2 2 0 7 1155 809 4 4 8 501 23 0 0 9 512 0 4 0 10 754 0 2 0 11 848 0 1 0 12 590 0 3 0 13 1055 1 4 1 14 801 2 7 0 15 407 0 2 0 16 912 0 4 0 17 958 0 6 0 18 672 0 3 0 19 934 0 7 0 20 1536 1 8 0 21 623 6 1 0 22 2978 1068 13 10 23 1783 1139 13 11 24 1455 998 9 5 25 1972 1102 8 7 26 1206 590 10 8 27 387 52 3 1 28 1423 744 5 3 29 1929 779 6 2 30 802 0 2 0 31 1258 0 5 0 32 1282 31 10 0 33 759 0 1 0 34 713 0 5 0 35 1064 0 3 0 36 745 2 5 0 37 643 1 4 0 38 655 2 3 0 39 517 161 7 6 40 736 405 7 7 .- 41 948 634 10 6 42 542 18 3 0 43 2404 1178 21 17 { 44 1824 376 17 8 45 2213 14 16 „ 0 Fl.S Negroes Total Negroes Ward Total Thru Thru July 9 Thru July 9 Thru July 8, 1966 July 8 August 15 August 15 • —v_ 46 663 10 2 0 47 857 229 3 1 48 479 98 2 0 49 345 120 2 0 50 276 20 0 0 51 786 0 3 1 52 1768 1 17 0 53 709 0 13 0 54 587 2 5 0 55 1096 1 17 0 56 389 0 2 0 57 564 0 3 0 58 746 2 6 0 59 157 0 1 0 60 415 0 5 0 61 663 2 8 0 62 595 0 10 0 63 979 124 11 2 64 514 0 5 0 65 1099 1 9 a 66 1676 0 21 0 67 687 0 3 0 68 1101 0 8 0 69 1004 3 11 0 70 629 0 10 0 Terry 770 75 7 1 Van Winkle #1 1218 365 15 7 Van Winkle #2 766 34 5 1 Flag Chapel 544 13 7 0 Twin Pines 462 88 10 3 Tinnin 195 57 0 0 Forest Hill 1496 44 20 0 Leavell Woods 143 6 1 0 Liberty Grove 869 186 23 6 Byram 643 14 5 0 Clinton 2030 210 18 3 Pocahontas 215 99 0 0 2nd Judicia.