Government,
Civil Rights
Oct. 22, 2018
Judge in Santa Monica voter discrimination trial to weigh evidence
A judge will begin weighing evidence in this summer’s trial over whether the city of Santa Monica violated the California Voting Rights Act and should switch from at-large to district elections.
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge will begin weighing evidence from this summer's trial over whether the city of Santa Monica violated the California Voting Rights Act and should switch from at-large to district elections.
Following a bench trial, the city said in its closing briefs filed Friday that the plaintiffs failed to show minority voting power in the city has been reduced, or unfairly disadvantaged by the city's at-l...
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