The project was finally approved, but the state lost a $300,000 Federal grant that had been approved and then rescinded.

Through her Eagle Forum she organized state-by-state to block further ratification, and to have states rescind their ratification.

During this disputed extension, no additional states ratified or rescinded.

The state has rescinded $100,000 to hire counselors in both counties that had remained unspent for two years.

In the past five years, five states have rescinded or modified their laws, restoring the vote to more than 450,000 people.

After this peak, several states rescinded their applications, and interest in the proposed amendment subsided.

Most states that had permitted free people of color to vote in early decades of the 19th century had rescinded that right before 1840.

Free African Americans were allowed to vote until 1835, when the state rescinded their suffrage.

In the same time, five states rescinded their earlier ratifications, for a net total of zero ratifications.

Several years ago, the state allocated $20 million to replace the bridge, but recently rescinded the appropriation on the grounds that its benefits did not justify the cost.