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Historically, Section 2 has served as the enforcement mechanism that allows plaintiffs to challenge voting maps that dilute minority vote strength through racial gerrymandering..

Bost argues that this effectively extends Election Day and that residents who vote in person are having their votes “diluted by illegal ballots received in violation of the federal Election Day statutes.”

The map would also dilute the number of GOP voters in the districts represented by Reps.

The banking secrecy laws, now much diluted, were designed to shield an individual's personal finances from the prying eyes of the state.

Many fear that losing its former special status has left the region vulnerable to outside economic interests and diluted local control over culture, land and resources.