Comment on Federal judge rules: Yakima “suffocates” its Hispanic voters

Federal judge rules: Yakima “suffocates” its Hispanic voters

A federal judge on Friday ruled that Yakima’s system of at large City Council elections  “regularly suffocates” the influence and voting preferences of the city’s minority Latino voters, thereby violating the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice delivered a summary judgment in a closely watched civil rights case.  The ruling could […]

 

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