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BRNOVICH v. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 

Opinion of the Court 

IV 
A 
  In light of the principles set out above, neither Arizona’s 
out-of-precinct rule nor its ballot-collection law violates §2 
of the VRA.  Arizona’s out-of-precinct rule enforces the re-
quirement that voters who choose to vote in person on elec-
tion day must do so in their assigned precincts.  Having to 
identify  one’s  own  polling  place  and  then  travel  there  to 
vote does not exceed the “usual burdens of voting.”  Craw-
ford,  553  U. S.,  at  198 (opinion  of  Stevens,  J.)  (noting  the 
same about making a trip to the department of motor vehi-
cles).   On  the contrary,  these  tasks  are  quintessential  ex-
amples of the usual burdens of voting. 
  Not  only  are  these  unremarkable  burdens,  but  the Dis-
trict Court’s uncontested findings show that the State made 
extensive  efforts  to  reduce  their  impact  on  the  number  of 
valid votes ultimately cast.  The State makes accurate pre-
cinct information available to all voters.  When precincts or 
polling places are altered between elections, each registered 
voter is sent a notice showing the voter’s new polling place.  
329  F. Supp.  3d,  at  859.    Arizona  law  also  mandates  that 
election  officials  send  a  sample  ballot  to  each  household 
that  includes  a  registered  voter  who  has  not  opted  to  be 
placed  on  the  permanent  early  voter  list,  Ariz.  Rev.  Stat. 
Ann. §16–510(C) (2015), and this mailing also identifies the 
voter’s proper polling location, 329 F. Supp. 3d, at 859.  In 
addition, the Arizona secretary of state’s office sends voters 
pamphlets  that  include  information  (in  both  English  and 
Spanish)  about  how  to  identify  their  assigned  precinct.  
Ibid. 
  Polling place information is also made available by other 
means.    The  secretary  of  state’s  office  operates  websites 
that provide voter-specific polling place information and al-
low voters to make inquiries to the secretary’s staff.  Ibid.  
Arizona’s two most populous counties, Maricopa and Pima,