Loss of Sheriff's Office
The Mayor of Selma Joseph Smitherman and Wilson Baker wanted to blunt the force of the campaign by exercising restraint but the voter registration offices were Clark's responsibility. In the 1966 election, following the passage of the Voter Registration Act, Wilson Baker defeated Clark, in part because so many blacks had registered to vote. Clark attempted to have 1,600 ballots cast for his opponent suppressed due to "irregularities", but court orders placed the votes back on record and retired him from his job.
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