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NCSL National Redistricting Seminar ♦ Washington D.C. ♦ January 21-24, 2011

Vote Dilution Analysis: What is it and why is it important?

The Voting Rights Act is perhaps the most influential statute on the redistricting process.  In this session, experts will discuss the methodology of vote dilution analysis and why it is important for legislatures to understand this process when thinking about redistricting.

Speaker: Lisa Handley, Director, Frontier International Electoral Consulting, Washington, D.C.

A complete copy of this presentation is available here.

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