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Latino Voters Secure a Fair Maps Victory in Washington State
Voters should be able to elect leaders that best serve their communities. In Washington state’s Yakima Valley, Campaign Legal Center and our clients and co-counsel have been fighting for fair maps for Latino voters since 2022. Once again, voters have successfully defended their right to fair representation in state government. How did we get here?
Holloway, et al. v. City of Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach’s At-Large Election System The 11-member City Council is the governing body for the City of Virginia Beach. The Mayor and the other 10 councilmembers are elected at-large to four-year staggered terms. Seven of the 11 councilmembers are required to be residents of the seven districts in Virginia Beach (Bayside, Beach, Centerville, Kempsville, Lynnhaven, Princess Anne, and Rose Hall), but are nonetheless elected at-large.
Victory: Virginia Beach Adopts Fair Districts After CLC Successfully Sued City
In a victory for voters and democracy, the Virginia Beach City Council voted last night to adopt a “10-1” election system and a court-approved district map that ensures all voters in Virginia Beach will have an equal voice in local elections. This victory marks the culmination of years of litigation against Virginia Beach’s at-large system of elections, in place since 1966, which Campaign Legal Center (CLC) successfully proved was in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
CLC and ACLU Kansas Sue State Over Gerrymandered Congressional Map
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kansas, in partnership with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, filed suit on Feb. 14, 2022 challenging the Kansas congressional redistricting plan as a partisan and racial gerrymander. Contrary to the Kansas Constitution’s robust equality and speech protections, the Kansas legislature passed a partisan and racially gerrymandered map through a rushed and opaque process.
Changing Our Voting System Helped My City Represent a Diversifying Electorate
By: Dulce Gutierrez I am Dulce Gutierrez, and I was born and raised in Yakima, Washington. I am a product of Yakima’s east side community. These were my stomping grounds. As far back as I can remember, Yakima has been divided into two hyper-segregated parts. Sixteenth Avenue splits the city, marking a sharp contrast between the east and the west parts of town. It’s a tale of two cities. Resistance to Equality in a Changing City For decades, the city held elections that had the same results.
COVID-19 Should Not Stop Us from Advancing Arkansas Fair Maps Initiative
The author, Bonnie Miller, is president of The League of Women Voters – Washington County, and resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Arkansas is one of the 10 most gerrymandered states in the U.S. Lobbyists in Little Rock strike backroom deals with Arkansas politicians to draw voting districts so their chosen candidates win.
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