“Low voter registration and turnout levels are...
“Low voter registration and turnout levels are indicative of lingering effects of past discrimination. Discrimination against Hispanics in California and the Southwest has pervaded nearly all aspects of public and private life.”
--Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, writing for a federal appeals court that ruled against the city of Watsonville’s at-large elections.
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