Latinos Sue To Change American Electoral Process

Ayatollahgondola · #1 12-19-2010, 08:29 PM

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/19/326...o-empower.html

A few Latinos in Compton are suing the city to demand changes in the electoral process. They want the at large system changed so they can vote in...a latino. Somehow, they think that they should be represented by their race, and cannot be represented effectively by other races

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Compton's population has changed in recent decades from a majority African-American to two-thirds Hispanic. The city has never had a Latino council member.

So should I even ask how many of these latinos that make of the 2/3 population are legally present? My guess is, if you filtered for the legally present, you might see the latino population dwindle down to 1/3

Don · #2 12-20-2010, 04:34 AM

Old news. This has already happened in Bakersfield.

Hispanics couldn't get elected to the school board and a law suit in Superior court resulted in a ruling that basically rigged the election so that a pre-determined number of people would win the election based on skin color.

Amazing. Racially segregated schools are against the law, but racially segregated elections are OK.

ilbegone · #3 12-24-2010, 03:07 AM

Goofball Gil Navarro tried this for for local school districts some years ago.

There is a way to racially stack the municipal electoral deck I read about in a racial rights book, and it does work. I might look it up again.

Don · #4 12-24-2010, 05:38 AM

There was at story on TV, I think Fox, about the US Gov't DOJ doing this in some town in New York where Hispanics couldn't get elected to either the city council or school board. I forget which. The litigation almost bankrupted he town and they finally caved. They came up with some goof ball deal whereby everybody got as many votes as candidates (i.e. six candidates, six votes) but the Hispanics could cast all of their six votes for the Hispanic candidate and not vote for the others.

This is a "remedial' measure for "past" injustice. Got that? People who came here yesterday are entitled to have rigged elections for "injustices" that happened before any of us were born. Sickening.

wetibbe · #5 12-24-2010, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Don

There was at story on TV, I think Fox, about the US Gov't DOJ doing this in some town in New York where Hispanics couldn't get elected to either the city council or school board. I forget which. The litigation almost bankrupted he town and they finally caved. They came up with some goof ball deal whereby everybody got as many votes as candidates (i.e. six candidates, six votes) but the Hispanics could cast all of their six votes for the Hispanic candidate and not vote for the others.

This is a "remedial' measure for "past" injustice. Got that? People who came here yesterday are entitled to have rigged elections for "injustices" that happened before any of us were born. Sickening.

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That was Port Chester, Westchester County. Here's the story.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/ny...12chester.html

They didn't cave voluntarily, they were ordered by the Justice Department.

ilbegone · #6 12-24-2010, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Don

...everybody got as many votes as candidates (i.e. six candidates, six votes) but the Hispanics could cast all of their six votes for the Hispanic candidate and not vote for the others.

I believe this is the racial scheme I referred to, and that it's been played far more than just once.