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Delegates line up to cast ballots for state officers last Saturday at the Virginia State Conference NAACP’s 84th convention. Forty-eight delegates were disqualified from voting, along with two of the five candidates for state president.

Delegates line up to cast ballots for state officers last Saturday at the Virginia State Conference NAACP’s 84th convention. Forty-eight delegates were disqualified from voting, along with two of the five candidates for state president.

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Contentious state NAACP election gives Barnette 2-year term

Robert N. Barnette Jr., who has led the Virginia State Conference NAACP since August when the previous presi- dent was removed, will hold the top post in the civil rights organization for the next two years after emerging victorious in a controversial election.