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.
