School board redraws lines
The Madera Unified School District has approved newly drawn lines for school board elections that mean Latino voters will be the majority in four of seven districts.
The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights sued the district in August, alleging that its at-large elections violated the California Voting Rights Act by putting Latino candidates at a disadvantage. The group had argued that 82% of the district’s students are Latino but only one Latino sits on the seven-member school board.
A judge ruled in the group’s favor, tossing out the results of the Nov. 4 election before a single vote was cast. The election has been rescheduled for June.
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