[billakay]

Although the reason is really stupid, voting schemes like this are not new. Think of it as fractional voting, where you can spread your vote by one/sixth increments. You can either give parts to different candidates or all to one.

Again, the racial reason for doing this is absurd, but different voting schemes are not without precedent in the US. I seem to remember that Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania did something like this historically.

[animal172]

I have to admit my ignorance on the subject, but I've never heard of anything like this before. If we are going to allow multiple voting, why bother? Just let the courts appoint based on the percentage of persons living in a given voting area based on their ethnicity? We could save a whole bunch of money. Nope. This one makes my stomach turn.

[Comparative Advantage]

But when coupled with preferential treatment for a particular racial group, it is unjust and truly illegal.