Application of Voting Rights Act to Communities Containing Two or More Minority Groups – When is the Whole Greater than the Sum of the Parts?
Date
1989
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Texas Tech Law Review
Abstract
Examines the concept of racial vote dilution in multi-minority districts. Discusses the complexities of Voting Rights Act claims by two or more minority groups and the federal courts’ encroachment on legislative intent with regard to redistricting to address those claims.
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Voting Rights Act, Redistricting, Minority, Racial vote dilution, At-large elections, Gingles test, Thornburg v. Gingles
Citation
20 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 95