Zimmer factors
Defined in 1 dictionary — Case Law
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
a lack of minority access to the candidate selection process, unresponsiveness of elected officials to minority interests, a tenuous state policy underlying the preference for multimember or at-large districting, and the existence of past discrimination which precludes effective participation in the elector process.
Defined by the Supreme Court in Rogers v. Lodge, 458 U.S. 613 (1982).