Civil Rights
Oct. 17, 2014
Upholding 'one man, one vote' in California
Santa Barbara recently joined the host of municipalities facing challenges to their at-large voting systems, which allegedly dilute minority votes and violate state law. By A. Barry Cappello
With the filing of the lawsuit Banales v. City of Santa Barbara, No. 1468167 (Santa Barabara Super. Ct., filed July 29, 2014), Santa Barbara joined the host of municipalities facing challenges to their at-large voting systems. Before the case was filed, the city had been warned that its at-large method of election was diluting Latino votes, and warned that this violated state law. Despite the warning, the city refused to take any steps...
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