Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit December 2, 1994, No. 92-2588 (Nipper v. Smith)

lead-opinion

TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

Section 2(a) of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (1988), states that “[n]o voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision in a manner which results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or