Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (enacted in 1965) allows legal challenges to voting practices and requires challengers to demonstrate current racially polarized voting and that minority populations are unable to elect candidates of their choice, among other factors, to establish a violation.
August 06, 1965
high
legal
Describes the legal standard under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act for proving vote dilution or discriminatory effects in redistricting and other voting changes.