Civil Rights
Dec. 4, 2013
Judge orders Palmdale to change election system
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Palmdale's at-large election system is illegal and the city must institute a district-based model in time for a special election next June.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Los Angeles judge has indicated he will order Palmdale to divide itself into four districts - two of which would hold a majority of Latino residents - ahead of a new city council election.
Superior Court Judge Mark V. Mooney issued the tentative remedy ruling on Nov. 27, four months after finding that Palmdale's at-large election system illegally discriminates against minority voters.
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