The idea is that Hispanics will vote only for Hispanic candidates, whereas non-Hispanics will presumably vote for the candidate they think is best and therefore dilute their voting power. Doesn't matter, if this doesn't work I'm sure he'll revamp it again to get his pre-determined outcome.
We're about one step away from judges simply installing the candidate they think should be in the position.
I think that's the idea. I sort of came up with this analogy. To preface this, yes, this was only my experience.
Remember back in high school when the students would vote for something? Be it homecoming queen/king, some student government position, whatever... Well, I went to a fairly large public high school that had a somewhat diverse ethnic background. Probably 50% white, 30% black, 15% hispanic, and 5% other.
Anytime a student election came up and there was one black candidate and the rest weren't, you knew the black student would win. Sometimes it was warranted and sometimes it wasn't (I think our most likely to succeed is in prison). That's just the way it was.
What was happening was ~90% the black students would vote for the black candidate no matter what. That lead to the black student getting ~30% of the votes automatically. The rest of the student body would vote for whomever they wanted (including the black candidate) and the remaining ~70% would be split between 4-5 people. This lead to the black candidate winning. Everyone knew this was just how it worked.
I think the "judge" is hoping the same thing happens in this case. He is hoping the the Hispanic voters will automatically use all 6 votes for a Hispanic candidate while other ethnicities split their votes between different candidates. That's really the only rationale that I could come up with.
Ironically, by even thinking that that would work, the "judge" is stereotyping people based on race. He's got to assume that the Hispanic voters will only vote for the Hispanic candidate. That's the only way this would "remedy" the situation. In his mind, Hispanics only vote for Hispanics regardless of their ability to do the job.
So, in the end a racist looking "judge" is trying to manipulate an election in order to combat perceived racism. [Don King] Only in America! [/Don King]