Dillard v. Baldwin County Commission

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

It is ORDERED that the motion to alter or amend, filed by plaintiffs on September 11, 2002 (Doc. No. 224), is denied with the following comments.

In a “results” challenge brought under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973, “The effect of [a] ... voting rule ... can be evaluated by comparing the system with that rule to a system without that rule.” Holder v. Hall, 512 U.S. 874, 880-881, 114 S.Ct. 2581, 2586, 129 L.Ed.2d 687 (1994). Thus, whether the numbered-place requirement and the majority-vote requirement violate § 2…