Legislature takes up bill to remove hurdles to electing minorities

The Seattle Times ^ | January 26, 2012 | Stephanie Kim

[epithermal]

OLYMPIA — As immigrant advocates gathered in Olympia on Thursday, state lawmakers took up a bill that could give minorities a better chance at winning election to local government positions.

The legislation would make it easier to bring court challenges aimed at pushing cities, counties and school districts to switch from at-large to district elections in areas where large minority groups are present.

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The Washington legislation would make it easier to prove that such districts are necessary. If passed into law, a plaintiff could use census data and election results to show that an unsuccessful minority candidate for local office would likely win if running in a district made up largely of the person's minority group.

Such proof could be used to demand a new election, a change from at-large to district-based representation, and payment of the plaintiff's attorney's fees.

[epithermal]

If they move back to Mexico and vote there they will almost be assured of getting a representative to their liking.

[FlingWingFlyer]

“Immigrant advocates” is the commie lib way of saying illegal aliens.

[muawiyah]

Another way to take care of any representational problems (perceived or unperceived) is to simply increase the council size to 25 members with no districts.

You'll find soon enough that this is a critical number for the creation of multi-party voting ~ and any group really wanting representation can probably pick up a seat with as little as 2.51% in most elections.

Coalitions will self-structure AFTER the election ~ not before.

It'll feel just like Denmark!

Ham sammiches all around too!

[fella]

With a little creative gerrymandering the the minority can rule over the majority and it will appear to be a good thing at first. The root word for diversity is divide.