Civil Litigation,
Government
Aug. 21, 2018
At Santa Monica voting rights trial, expert flips sides on key question
A plaintiff’s witness who testified that racially polarized voting did not occur in a previous voting rights case testified Monday he could not say if it happened in the city of Santa Monica.
LOS ANGELES -- A plaintiff's witness who testified that racially polarized voting did not occur in a previous voting rights case testified Monday he could not say if it happened in the city of Santa Monica.
The witness, Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, testified on behalf of the city of Santa Clara in a similar voting rights case that racially polarized voting did not occur. Polarized voting occurs when a minority's candidate of choice is beaten...
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