Latino or any other — votes as a block. Palmdale Loses Voting Rights Suit, Similar to Ones Filed in SCV A judge found Wednesday in favor of the plaintiffs in a civil rights discrimination suit against the city of Palmdale. Judge Mark Mooney found the city of Palmdale was in violation of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 with its at-large election. The attorneys representing the plaintiffs in that suit also are involved in a lawsuit against the city of Santa Clarita and two local school districts. “After an eight-day trial in May and a careful analysis of the evidence and the law, the court found that the city of Palmdale is in violation of the California Voting Rights Act,” said Kevin Shenkman, of Shenkman and Hughes, “and that the California Voting Rights Act is constitutional in its application to the city of Palmdale.” The city of Santa Clarita, and the Sulphur Springs and Santa Clarita Community College districts have both been accused of violating the California Voting Rights Act with their at-large electoral systems. In these cases, the statistical experts look at how a “protected class,” i.e. any minority population or an area — be it white, black, Asian, Latino or any other — votes as a block.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:41:18 +0000
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