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16aAppendix Dother things, the at-large electoral scheme. (Id.) Irving’sHispanic Chamber of Commerce prepared and presenteda report to the Charter Review Committee recommendingthat City Council Places 1-5 be converted from the atlargeto single-member systems. (Id.; PL’s Ex. 46.) TheCharter Review Committee, however, did not recommendthis proposed change, and the City Council did not placethis proposed change on the ballot. (Joint Pretrial Order30.) Ultimately, no relevant conclusions or proposedamendments arose from the Charter Review Committeeto address the City’s demographic changes.II. LEGAL FRAMEWORKA. Section 2 of the Voting Rights ActSection 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C.§ 1973, as amended, provides that:(a) No voting qualification or prerequisite tovoting or standard, practice, or procedure shallbe imposed or applied by any State or politicalsubdivision in a manner which results in adenial or abridgement of the right of any citizenof the United States to vote on account of raceor color, or in contravention of the guaranteesset forth in section 1973b(f)(2) of this title, asprovided in subsection (b) of this section.(b) A violation of subsection (a) of this sectionis established if, based on the totality ofcircumstances, it is shown that the political