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BRNOVICH v. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Opinion of the Court
fully disparate impact on the opportunities of minority voters to elect” representatives of their choice. Id., at 872. The
percentage of ballots invalidated under this policy was very
small (0.15% of all ballots cast in 2016) and decreasing, and
while the percentages were slightly higher for members of
minority groups, the court found that this disparity “does
not result in minorities having unequal access to the political process.” Ibid. The court also found that the plaintiffs
had not proved that the policy “causes minorities to show
up to vote at the wrong precinct at rates higher than their
non-minority counterparts,” id., at 873, and the court noted
that the plaintiffs had not even challenged “the manner in
which Arizona counties allocate and assign polling
places or Arizona’s requirement that voters re-register
to vote when they move,” ibid.
The District Court similarly found that the ballotcollection restriction is unlikely to “cause a meaningful inequality in the electoral opportunities of minorities.” Id., at
871. Rather, the court noted, the restriction applies equally
to all voters and “does not impose burdens beyond those traditionally associated with voting.” Ibid. The court observed
that the plaintiffs had presented no records showing how
many voters had previously relied on now-prohibited thirdparty ballot collectors and that the plaintiffs also had “provided no quantitative or statistical evidence” of the percentage of minority and non-minority voters in this group. Id.,
at 866. “[T]he vast majority” of early voters, the court
found, “do not return their ballots with the assistance of a
[now-prohibited] third-party collector,” id., at 845, and the
evidence largely showed that those who had used such collectors in the past “ha[d] done so out of convenience or personal preference, or because of circumstances that Arizona
law adequately accommodates in other ways,” id., at 847. 7
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7 An ill or disabled voter may have a ballot delivered by a special election board, and curbside voting at polling places is also allowed. 329