Ensured that primary elections had to be open to all races. A Plessy v. Ferguson B Briggs v. Elliott C Smith v. Allwright D Brown II
History · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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The case that ensured that primary elections had to be open to all races is C. Smith v. Allwright.
In the Smith v. Allwright case of 1944, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Democratic Party's white primary in Texas, which allowed only white voters to participate, violated the 15th Amendment's prohibition against racial discrimination in voting. This decision led to the abolishment of the white primary system, making primary elections open to all races.