Mary Fishe Bell v. J. W. Southwell

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• despite noneffect on outcome, invalidation remedy was appropriate in light of “gross, spectacular, completely indefensible” racial discrimination in election process
• election set aside where racial discrimination and intimidation occurred on election day at polling places
• “[W]e are unfettered by the negative or affirmative character of the words used or the negative or affirmative form in which the coercive order USCA11 Case: 22-14031 Document: 54-1 Date Filed: 03/11/2025 Page: 45 of 112 22-14031 Opinion of the Court 45 is cast.”

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