[EL] message from Michelle Davis re: coalition districts"

[Ana Henderson]

Yes, a handful of lower courts have considered whether a coalition of 
more than one minority group can state a Section 2 claim.

The Warren Institute recently published a research brief about minority 
coalition districts and the Voting Rights Act that you may find 
helpful.  The brief can be accessed at:  
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/Coalition.pdf.  We can also provide 
hard copies upon request.

In addition, we published a research brief regarding the consideration 
of race in redistricting and another about influence districts.  A 
fourth research brief about estimating citizen voting age population is 
currently with the publisher and should be ready soon.


On 7/20/2011 9:54 AM, Rick Hasen wrote:
> On 7/20/2011 9:49 AM, Davis, Michelle wrote:
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> As you know the Supreme Court briefly discussed “coalition districts” 
>> in Bartlett, but have any lower courts considered coalition districts 
>> that are made up of *more than two* minority groups? If there hasn’t 
>> been any court test of this, what are your thoughts on the whether 
>> any successful section 2 claim can be made on behalf of a coalition 
>> district whether its made up of 2 or more minority groups. Could the 
>> totality of circumstances convince a court to recognize a coalition 
>> district?
>>
>>
>> Michelle L. Davis
>>
>> Senior Policy Analyst; Redistricting, Election Law
>>
>> Maryland Department of Legislative Services
>>
>> Office of the Executive Director
>>
>> 90 State Circle, Rm. 222
>>
>> Annapolis, Md 21401
>>
>
>
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-- 
Ana Henderson
Director of Opportunity&  Inclusion
Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law&  Social Policy
University of California, Berkeley School of Law

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