Studies find Irving’s at-large City Council system hurts Hispanic voters – Texas From: dallasnews.com
Tagged: hispanic voters, Texas, voting rightsPosted on: July 13th, 2008
Irving’s at-large voting system effectively allows white voters to block the election of Hispanic voters’ favored City Council candidates, according to new studies that are part of a federal voting rights lawsuit filed against the city.
The studies, released this week, said that there is at least one area in Irving that could serve as a single-member council district where a majority of residents are voting-age Hispanics. “*
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