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.
Eric Holder: “A State voting law has a discriminatory, regressive effect if the law disproportionately and materially burdens minority…”
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Holder explains the standard for evaluating discriminatory voting laws.
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