Re:After 184 years, Cherokees seek House delegate seat promi...
by elihu on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:53AM
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Sometimes, if the voting methodology is bad.
The city of Yakima was found [1] to have violated the Voting Rights Act a few years back because they have a significant Latino minority and yet somehow no Latinos would ever be elected to city council. This is because every voter votes on every city council seat, and because the town's majority of white voters apparently has a preference for white candidates.
I don't remember what the solution was, I think they either split the town into districts, each with its own city council member, or used some kind of proportional representation system.
The city of Yakima was found [1] to have violated the Voting Rights Act a few years back because they have a significant Latino minority and yet somehow no Latinos would ever be elected to city council. This is because every voter votes on every city council seat, and because the town's majority of white voters apparently has a preference for white candidates.
I don't remember what the solution was, I think they either split the town into districts, each with its own city council member, or used some kind of proportional representation system.
[1] https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-rules-yaki...