Medium: Gelatin silver print D i m e n s i o n s : 11 × 14 -photographers stamp verso. Man signing his registration certificate in the Registrar of Voters’ office after successfully registering to vote, Sumter SC 1962. The registrar of voters had the power to accept or reject applications and there were varying degrees of cooperation or hostility in different districts. Adelman found that in Sumter, the voter registration officers were less intimidating than in the Felicianas in Louisiana