By 1896, only 5,500 black voters remained on the registration rolls.

But "the sloppiness of registration rolls" is also bad, making their use unreliable, he said.

The result was that black voters were stripped from registration rolls and without political recourse.

That figure was not expected to be much higher this time, since registration rolls have barely moved.

And even in the last few days, some municipalities have continued to drop out because of organizational problems like missing registration rolls.

By 1896, only 5,500 black voters remained on the registration rolls although they represented a majority of the state's population.

To make ghost-voting even more difficult, the deceased are now being dropped from the registration rolls.

Under the law, a person not listed on the registration rolls must be allowed to cast a provisional ballot.

Inaccurate registration rolls kept millions more from casting ballots in the first place.

He expected the registration rolls to expand by about 7,000 boats.