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Jon Stewart: “So they're saying if you distill the. A percentage of black…”

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Published | Video Starts at 12:39

And remember, the test is always whether or not the system allows black voters to elect their candidate of choice. It is not. The focus is not on black elected officials. The focus is on black voters now. So they're saying if you distill the. A percentage of black voters and put them into other districts so that their votes cannot be decisive. That's right. That. That. That would be considered. That's right. But they have said that what. What this actually is is DEI or quotas, would that be what their argument is? (12:39–12:49)

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Describes a tactic that could dilute the voting power of black voters by redistributing them across districts.

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