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member of a language minoritygroup. A language minoritygroup i 2 Asian American, Alaskan Natives or of Spanish heritage. Section 2 applies throughout the United States. It has been used to attac and redistricting plans on the ground that they discriminated ag Indians and abridged their right to vote by diluting the voting 2.Data on Race and Language Minorities In order to facilitate enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, the person counted to identify their race and whether they are of Hi Census, the racial categories are: White, Black, American India Pacific Islanders, and Some Other Race. Persons of Hispanic or Persons are given the opportunity to select more than one race. The Census Bureau reports racial data in 63 categories, covering up to all six racial groups. Double that for Hispanic or Latino under and over 18. There are 263 potential categories of popula for each block! In order to reduce the categories of racial data to a manageable guidance to states and local governments that must submit their before they may take effect, the U.S. Department of Justice says 3 Department will analyze only eight categories of race data: Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black plus Non-Hispanic Black and White Non-Hispanic Asian plus Non-Hispanic Asian and White Non-Hispanic American Indian plus Non-Hispanic American Indian a Non-Hispanic Pacific Islander plus Non-Hispanic Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic Some Other Race plus Non-Hispanic Some Other Race a Non-Hispanic Other multiple-race (where more than one minority r Hispanic The total of these racial groups will add to 100 percent. In the 2000 census, out of 281 million people, only 6.8 million more races and 93 percent of those reported only two races. 2 42 U.S.C. § 1973l(c)(3) (2006). 3 U.S. Dept. of Justice, Guidance Concerning Redistricting and R Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973c, 66 Fed. Reg. 5412. 18