Sec. 205. Exception for States in which use of multi-member districts will result in diminishment of voting rights
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If the written evaluation of any of the redistricting plans of the independent redistricting commission of a State under subtitle B of title III with respect to the apportionment of Representatives resulting from a decennial census, as developed and published under section 313(e), indicates that the redistricting plan will deny or abridge the right to vote by having the effect of diminishing the ability of any citizens of the United States on account of race or color, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in section 4(f)(2) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10303(f)(2) ), to elect their preferred candidates of choice— this title shall not apply with respect to any election held in the State which is based on the apportionment of Representatives to which such redistricting plan would apply; and the independent redistricting commission shall (in accordance with subtitle B of title III) develop and publish a redistricting plan for the State for purposes of title III under which there are no multi-member districts in the State.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive the application of any of the other titles of this Act or the amendments made by any of the other titles of this Act to a State for which there are no multi-member districts as a result of this section, including the requirement to use ranked choice voting as set forth in title I or the requirement to carry out congressional redistricting in the State through the use of independent redistricting commissions as set forth in title III.
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Exception for States in which use of multi-member districts will result in diminishment of voting rights
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