1048-S AMH STOK ZOLL 274

  

SHB 1048 - H AMD 305

By Representative Stokesbary

NOT ADOPTED 03/04/2023

On page 2, line 18, after "choices" insert ", and as it is further defined in case law regarding enforcement of the federal voting rights act, 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq"

On page 2, beginning on line 25, after "difference" strike all material through "seq.,))" on line 26 and insert ", as defined in case law regarding enforcement of the federal voting rights act, 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.,"

EFFECT:  Reinstates the link between the definition of "polarized voting" in the Washington Voting Rights Act (WVRA) and the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA), and creates a link between the definition of "cohesive" in the WVRA and the VRA. 

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