Focus (Forum & Focus)
Oct. 30, 2007
Minority Voting Rights in California Hinge on Structural Reforms
Forum Column - By Robert Rubin - The Supreme Court's decision not to hear an appeal by the city of Modesto after lower courts found the organization of the City Council discriminatory against Latinos is a hopeful sign in the fight for minority representation.
By Robert Rubin
Over the past 100 years, the burgeoning Latino community in the city of Modesto has been able to elect exactly one Latino representative to the city council. Latinos are one-third of Modesto's population, yet they have been effectively shut out of the democratic process.
Not surprisingly, much of this disenfranchised populace lives in unincorporated areas, whe...
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