for Representatives at large Section 5 of the Act entitled An Act For the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States under the Thirteenth Census , approved August 8, 1911 ( 2 U.S.C. 5 ), is amended by striking Candidates for Representative and inserting Except as provided in title II of the Fair Representation Act, candidates for Representative . 205. Exception for States in which use of multi-member districts will result in diminishment of voting rights (a) Exception If the written evaluation of any of the redistricting plans of the independent redistricting commission of a State under subtitle B of title III with respect to the apportionment of Representatives resulting from a decennial census, as developed and published under section 313(e), 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