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BRNOVICH v. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Opinion of the Court
IV
A
In light of the principles set out above, neither Arizona’s
out-of-precinct rule nor its ballot-collection law violates §2
of the VRA. Arizona’s out-of-precinct rule enforces the requirement that voters who choose to vote in person on election day must do so in their assigned precincts. Having to
identify one’s own polling place and then travel there to
vote does not exceed the “usual burdens of voting.” Crawford, 553 U. S., at 198 (opinion of Stevens, J.) (noting the
same about making a trip to the department of motor vehicles). On the contrary, these tasks are quintessential examples of the usual burdens of voting.
Not only are these unremarkable burdens, but the District Court’s uncontested findings show that the State made
extensive efforts to reduce their impact on the number of
valid votes ultimately cast. The State makes accurate precinct information available to all voters. When precincts or
polling places are altered between elections, each registered
voter is sent a notice showing the voter’s new polling place.
329 F. Supp. 3d, at 859. Arizona law also mandates that
election officials send a sample ballot to each household
that includes a registered voter who has not opted to be
placed on the permanent early voter list, Ariz. Rev. Stat.
Ann. §16–510(C) (2015), and this mailing also identifies the
voter’s proper polling location, 329 F. Supp. 3d, at 859. In
addition, the Arizona secretary of state’s office sends voters
pamphlets that include information (in both English and
Spanish) about how to identify their assigned precinct.
Ibid.
Polling place information is also made available by other
means. The secretary of state’s office operates websites
that provide voter-specific polling place information and allow voters to make inquiries to the secretary’s staff. Ibid.
Arizona’s two most populous counties, Maricopa and Pima,
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