                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VOTE DENIAL OR DILUTION (§ 24.2-126)

A. No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting or standard, practice, or
procedure shall be imposed or applied by the state or any locality in a manner
that results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the
United States to vote based on race or color or membership in a language
minority group.

B. A violation of subsection A is established if, on the basis of the totality
of circumstances, it is shown that the political processes leading to nomination
or election in the state or a locality are not equally open to participation by
members of a protected class in that its members have less opportunity than
other members of the electorate to participate in the political processes or to
elect representatives of their choice. The extent to which members of a
protected class have been elected to office in the state or locality is one
circumstance that may be considered.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish a right to have
members of a protected class elected in numbers equal to their proportion in the
population.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 528, 533.