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Try CasePortal for Free[Modified.] J. Evans changes a footnote with no change in judgment. The appeals court erred when it determined that protected class members had not satisfied the dilution element of its California Voting Rights Act claim. The appeals court must apply the correct legal standard when it revisits whether Hispanic voters showed that their ability to influence election outcomes is diluted by at-large elections. Unlike its federal counterpart, the Act does not require a protected class to show it is geographically concentrated enough to form a hypothetical single-member district. Another distinction is that an Act claim does not require a showing that at-large voting impairs a protected class's ability to elect candidates, only that the at-large method impairs its ability to influence election outcomes. Reversed.