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Eric Holder: “A State voting law has a discriminatory, regressive effect if the law disproportionately and materially burdens minority…”

On the recordJune 23, 2021
A State voting law has a discriminatory, regressive effect if the law disproportionately and materially burdens minority voters when it is measured against preexisting State law.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder explains the standard for evaluating discriminatory voting laws.

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