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in the case of Newberry v. U. S^,^ when the Court held
that the primary was not an election in the sense of con-
stitutional provisions. However, after a long and torturous
process of litigation, the Court, in the case of Smith v.
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Allwright, outlawed the white primary, ruling, in effect,
that primaries are part of the. electoral process and thus
must conform to constitutional provisions.
Alabama reacted to the Smith decision by adding the
Boswell Amendment to the state constitution in 19^6.31 This
amendment established as qualifications for voting: the
ability to read, write, understand, and explain any article
of the United States Constitution to the satisfaction of
the registrar; proof of employment for the past twelve months;
"good character;" and an understanding of the duties and
obligations of citizenship.3^ Obviously, this left a
great deal of leeway for the local registrars, who, typi-
cally, registered whites and rejected blacks through one
of the many avenues provided by the Boswell Amendment. In
a Per curiam decision, Schnell v. Davis,33 the Supreme Court.
29256 U. S. 232 (1921).
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3°321 U. S. 649 (19W.
3-^Joseph M. Brittain, "Some Reflections on Negro Suffrage
and Politics in Alabama—Past and Present," Journal of Negro
History, XLVII (April, 1962), 128-129.
32lbid.. p. 129.
33336 U. S. 933 (19^9).
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Smith, Dale Cheryl. The Impact of the Negro Vote on Alabama Elections Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, thesis, May 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131520/m1/23/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .