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==Law and government== From 1922 to 1962, African Americans were prohibited from registering to vote in East Carroll Parish through a combination of laws and practices such as literacy tests.<ref>John H. Scott with Cleo Scott Brown, Witness to the Truth, University of South Carolina Press, 2003</ref> The first African Americans were registered after the ruling in U.S. v. Manning (1962) found that the prohibition of voter registration for Black people violated the Civil Rights Act of 1960. It was not, however, until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law that large numbers of African Americans became registered to vote, and they continued to vote at high levels. They have tended to support Democratic Party candidates, as the national party had supported the civil rights movement. As East Carroll Parish is majority black, its voters still favor [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidates. Most conservative whites have shifted since the late 20th century to the Republican Party, which candidates dominate elections in majority-white areas of the state. In [[U.S. presidential election, 1988|1988]], [[governor of Massachusetts|Governor]] [[Michael S. Dukakis]] of [[Massachusetts]] carried East Carroll Parish over then [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], 1,809 votes (52.3 percent) to 1,536 (44.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11081988/11081988_18.html|title=East Carroll Parish presidential election returns, November 8, 1988|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 20, 2012}}</ref> In the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004]] presidential race, East Carroll gave the Democrat [[John Kerry]] - [[John Edwards]] slate 1,980 ballots (58 percent) to 1,357 votes (40 percent) for the [[George W. Bush]] - [[Dick Cheney|Richard B. Cheney]] slate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11022004/11022004_18.html|title=East Carroll Parish presidential election returns, November 2, 2004|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 20, 2012}}</ref> In [[U.S. presidential election, 2012|2012]], [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]] swept the parish with 2,478 votes (61.8 percent) to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Mitt Romney]]'s 1,508 (37.6 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11062012/11062012_18.html|title=Louisiana general election returns, November 6, 2012|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref> In [[U.S. presidential election, 2008|2008]], Obama had handily defeated [[John McCain]] in East Carroll Parish, 2,267 (63.7 percent) to 1,254 (35.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11042008/11042008_18.html|title=East Carroll Parish presidential election returns, November 4, 2008|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 20, 2012}}</ref>
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