What is the effect of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act on dilution of the minority vote?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Canaan v. Abdelnour, 221 Cal.Rptr. 468, 40 Cal.3d 703, 710 P.2d 268 (Cal. 1985):
18 Section 2, as amended in 1982, prohibits a voting scheme which results in the dilution of the minority vote. If dilution of the vote is found to be purposeful, the scheme also violates the 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution. (See Mobile v. Bolden (1980) 446 U.S. 55, 100 S.Ct. 1490, 64 L.Ed.2d 47; Velasquez v. City of Abilene, Tex. (5th Cir.1984) 725 F.2d 1017, 1021.)
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