In the revised Voting Rights Act of 1882, voters could challenge a voting scheme, such as at-large elections, only by demonstrating that the voting arrangements, based on all the evidence presented, were racially discriminatory in their intent.

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965, not 1882, allows voters to challenge voting schemes by demonstrating that they are discriminatory in effect, not just in intent. This means that if a voting arrangement results in discrimination, it can be challenged even if there was no intent to discriminate.

In the Revised Voting Rights Act of 1882, Voters Could