Third, “the size of any disparities in a rules effect on members of various racial or ethnic groups is also an essential aspect,” Justice Alito wrote, adding that courts may discount variations “to the degree that minority and nonminority groups differ with respect to education, employment and wealth.” Fourth, courts need to think about all of the ways citizens can cast ballots.Fifth, he wrote, courts must consider the states factor for the limitation. The law made exceptions for household members, caretakers and election officials.Both limitations were legal under the courts brand-new guideposts, Justice Alito wrote.The restriction on out-of-precinct ballot was justified, he wrote, since the burden of finding the correct polling location is minor; there are other methods to vote, including by mail; and the number of discarded tallies was small.Justice Kagan saw things differently.