What a Colored Man
Should Do To Vote
To the Colored Men
of Voting Age
in the Southern States
AS citizens of the United States, you cannot value too highly your right to vote, which is an expression of your choice of the officers who shall be placed in control of your nearest and dearest interests.
You should vote at every election. In National and congressional elections, vote for the best interests of the country. In local elections, vote for the best interests of the community in which you live.
NEVER SELL YOUR VOTE.
The Things that Qualify
a Colored Man to Vote
in the Southern States
IN order that you may know what will be demanded of you to vote under the Constitutions and laws of the several Southern States, we give below the substantial requirements of each, to wit:—
IN Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee
YOU MUST PAY YOUR POLL TAX.
YOU MUST REGISTER AND HOLD YOUR CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
If you can read and write you can register.
IN Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina
If you cannot read and write you can register if you own $300 worth of property.
IN Arkansas and Georgia
YOU MUST PAY YOUR POLL TAX.
IN Florida, Kentucky, Texas and West Virginia
You must reside in the State.
A man convicted of almost any crime may be barred from voting.