Irregularities were numerous.
The amendment was ordered by the state officials printed on the main
ticket, but one county so far disobeyed instructions as to print the
amendment on a separate ballot, yet the vote was accepted. The returns
on the amendment were withheld for many days and in several counties
for weeks.
A few straws from the election show the way the wind blew in West
Virginia. In only four counties is the per cent, of illiteracy
among males of voting age less than 6 per cent. The returns in these
counties are found in the following table:
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| Per Cent. | | For | Against | |
| Illiteracy | County | Suffrage | Suffrage | |
| Voting Age | | Amendment| Amendment| |
| Males | | | | |
|------------+--------+----------+----------+-------------------|
| 5.5 | Brooke | 1,041 | 907 | Carried |
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