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  • Description is exactly "(9) Supporters of the Boswell Amendment. A Friday, October 18, 1946 Florence Herald article commenting on several prominent Alabama politicians who supported the Boswell Amendment, including Governor Chauncey Sparks and former Governor Frank Dixon as well as those in opposition to it including Governor elect James . Folsom and Senator Lister Hill."

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A series of newspaper articles discussing the proposed Boswell Amendment to the Alabama Constitution of 1946.

Section 181 of the Alabama constitution allowed a citizen to register to vote if either they or their spouse owned at least $300 worth…
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