Exception for States in which use of multi-member or at large districts will result in diminishment of voting rights

(a) Exception If, in an action brought under section 306, the court determines that the use of multi-member or at large districts by a State, as set forth in the congressional redistricting plan of a State with respect to the apportionment of Representatives resulting from a decennial census, indicates that the redistricting plan will deny or abridge the right to vote by having the effect of diminishing the ability of any citizens of the United States on account of race or color, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in section 4(f)(2) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10303(f)(2)), to elect their preferred candidates of choice— (1) this title shall not apply with respect to any election held in the State which is based on the apportionment of Representatives to which such redistricting plan would apply; and (2) subject to section 306(c), the court shall develop and publish a redistricting plan for the State which meets the requirements of title III and under which there are no multi-member districts in the State. (b) No effect on other requirements Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive the application of any of the other titles of this Act or the amendments made by any of the other titles of this Act to a State for which there are no multi-member districts as a result of this section, including the requirement to use ranked choice voting as set forth in title I or the requirement that the congressional redistricting plan of a State meet the requirements of title III.