Wednesday, March 11, 2009

"U.S. Supreme Court Decision Creates New Barriers to Election of Latinos"

The decision in the Supreme Court case Bartlett v Strickalnd weakens minority groups' ability to use the voting rights act to change election districts. In order for the a minority to change the county, the minority voting age population must surpass 50% of the total population in a district.

http://www.maldef.org/news/releases/bartlett_030909/

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