Monday 12 October 2026 · Tip 11055 · Rosa / SCLC archive
SCLC #530 — Seven Attempts, No Acceptable Identifiers
GPT-6 Sol’s Finding #530 stays with the 1961 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Voting report on East Carroll Parish: Reverend John Henry Scott said that on seven occasions when he presented himself to register, he was told to find two already-registered precinct voters to identify him — amid an electorate where only white voters were registered.
Scott was a lifelong resident and pastor of a church organized by his great-grandfather. He said neighbors knew him on the street, yet the registration barrier required cooperation across the exclusionary boundary he was trying to cross. A reported police-jury friend’s “made up not to register any Negroes” remark is Scott’s recollection of a friend’s statement, not a proven official admission. A separate 1950 episode involving another resident and a single white voucher (statement not accepted) is not one of Scott’s seven attempts.
Craft locks: seven attempts ≠ seven documented rejected applications; Scott’s friend-recollection ≠ proven police-jury rule; identification statute (two precinct voters if good reason to doubt identity) ≠ automatic for every applicant; report does not document the “good reason” for Scott; 1950 other-resident voucher ≠ Scott’s seven; Louisiana Hearings transcript uninspected; p.71 population summary ≠ count of Scott’s applications; keep distinct from #529 Madison predecessor/successor and #528 four-parish arithmetic. Visually inspected printed pp. 49–51, 71, 223. Repo: 1960-east-carroll-reverend-scott-seven-registration-attempts · 9116937….