If the goal of 6 votes is to have more hispanics (or blacks, whatever) it is wrong-headed, IMO.
The presumption here is that "white" (what a racist load of nonsense) people will vote for the best candidates across the board, while the minority voters will only vote for members of their group, weighting their votes. That's the point in a nutshell. The goal being apparently to weight the votes of racists (anyone whose vote is cast based on race is a racist, period) more than those that spread their votes among candidates for some non-racist rationale.
It is not a good idea for the government to abet racism, IMO.
Guess what, I'm against gerrymandered districts to try and get particular races or parties elected, too.
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