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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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Using at-large elections to increase or maintain the influence of the White majority or conversely, decrease or discourage the representation of minorities in a community has been a long-standing violation of the Voting Rights Act under all administrations since it was enacted (well, except for Bush). Last edited by Redux; 06-15-2010 at 05:00 PM. |
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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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Where are all the conspiracy theorists hiding ...
Wasn't this the ideal "proof-of-principle" experiment for re-wiring the touch-screen voting machines with no paper trail ? I'm not usually among the CT crowds, but it seems more credible than multitudes of Republicans agreeing ahead of time that they should cross their votes over to this particular candidate. |
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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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Perhaps an education on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act will help...but I doubt it.
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I find it odd that one group gets 6 votes each and the other only gets one. Unless I read it wrong and all the voters got 6 votes.
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But you're not reading this ![]() added: I think elections by district would have been better, with a far greater likelihood that an Hispanic would be elected to the town council, which is long over-due considering that the town is almost half Hispanic and the council has been all White for ever. Last edited by Redux; 06-15-2010 at 11:22 PM. |
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Your making the assumption the white councilmen don't vote what's best for the entire town and not just for whites.
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The judge made the decision that it was a violation of the Voting Rights Act, based on a pattern over time that the at-large process has not provided for a "fair" opportunity for minority representation on the town council...ever....in a town that is nearly half minority (it would not be an issue if the minority population was very small). Added And, I still prefer district elections (or a combination of mostly district and one/two at large) over all at-large elections at the local level. IMO, they are more representative, not just of race, but neighborhood issues, fair distribution/allocation of resources, etc. Last edited by Redux; 06-15-2010 at 11:46 PM. |
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We're going through a version of this right now. Our county board members are elected at large for the entire county. The county is made up of roughly 75% Democrats and 25% Republicans. So the county board slots have always been filed by Democrats. It's basically a one party system here in Arlington.
There's a movement now to switch over to a district election system, pushed by the Republicans so they can get some representation on the board. |
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We have districts and at-large, with two at-large elected every two years; the catch being they cant be from the same party, so a Republican always gets one at-large seat on the Council. |
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