Government
Jul. 27, 2013
Palmdale's elections violates state Voting Rights Act
In what appears to be the first case of its kind to go to trial against a city, a judge has ruled that the city of Palmdale has violated the California Voting Rights Act, calling it irrelevant whether the city intended to discriminate.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In what appears to be the first case of its kind against a California city to go to trial, a judge ruled Tuesday that the city of Palmdale violated the 2001 state Voting Rights Act.
Plaintiffs in the case asserted the existence of vote dilution affecting Latino and African-American residents within the city influenced the outcome of elections, arguing that was a product of the city's at-large e...
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