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Nixon v. Herndon 273 U.S. 536 (1927) was a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court struck down a 1923 Texas law that forbade blacks from voting in the Texas Democratic primary. Due to the limited amount of Republican Party activity in Texas at the time following the suppression of black voting through poll taxes the Democratic Party primary was essentially the only competitive process and chance to choose among candidates.