" Judge: Port Chester must change election system "

News 12 ^ | 1/22/08 | news 12

[AirBorn]

01/22/08) PORT CHESTER - After a year of litigation, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that Port Chester’s election system violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The judge ruled the village must change the system so minorities have a better chance to get elected. The case was brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and resident Cesar Ruiz, who ran for the board of trustees in 2001. Ruiz lost and claimed the system discriminated against him.

Board members are elected to at-large seats, rather than local districts that represent specific constituents. The DOJ complaint says the system denies the Hispanic population an equal opportunity to participate in the political process.

Ruiz’s lawyer is calling the decision a major victory for Port Chester’s Hispanic community. Randolph McLaughlin says the decision comes at a fitting time, a day after the Martin Luther King holiday.

It is unclear how the decision will affect the March election, but the village will have three weeks to present new plans.

FOR MORE: " Federal judge rules Port Chester voting system discriminates "-http://www.news12.com/WC/in_depth/article?id=190722

and

" Port Chester readies for voter discrimination suit "

http://www.news12.com/WC/topstories/article?id=194779

[AirBorn]

Get Ready for STATE WIDE Copy Cat Law suits o'er the land thanks AGAIN to New York's LIBERAL Federal Judges and Schummer & Schrillary!

And Bush & The So-Called, Self-Named "Republicans" said that "...Illegal Aliens and Minorities will be more likely to VOTE Conservative ANYHOW!...."

I think NOT---NOW They will be more likely to end up forming a new PARTY ; NOT the NEW Democrat Party or the New REPUBLICAN or INDEPENDENT Party but the MEXICAN NATIONALIST PARTY! and say Screw you to the Dems anyhow!! Cause they are learning fast!

I wonder how all the other ESTABLISHED "Minority(s)" over here in America will react to this?? "..Hey there you Mexicans!! WAIT YOUR TURN!! WE all here were here being discriminated upon first YEARS Before you guys came sneaking across the boarder!! and thaking OUR Minorities share of FEDERAL Hand-Outs!!..." Hahahaha

(Buy the way Bush-THANKS ALOT for all the GREAT HELP your "New Tone" did for Conservatism!)

[SunkenCiv]

Board members are elected to at-large seats, rather than local districts that represent specific constituents. The DOJ complaint says the system denies the Hispanic population an equal opportunity to participate in the political process.

Voting districts violate other civil rights laws because they gerrymander minority voters. Realtors steer minorities into specific neighborhoods, which violates rights. Oh, and by having district boundaries, it just means that minority votes get unfairly diluted even if the realtors are prevented by law from steering minorities. Oh, the hell with democracy, just put minorities in charge. /sarc

Have a great day, all.

[neverdem]

Thanks for the ping. I wouldn’t have caught this posted as chat.