On December 18, the ACLU filed a lawsuit under Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act, against the School District in Ferguson, Missouri, to end at-large elections. The School Board has seven members elected at-large. Currently, only one of them is African-American, even though almost half the voters in the district are African-American. The case is Missouri NAACP v Ferguson-Florissant School District, e.d., 4:14cv-2077. Here is a copy of the Complaint.
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Edited By Richard Winger
I agree that school boards, county commissions, and any elected legislative boards which are consumed of 5, 7, or any odd number of members, should be elected by the members of each district.
This is one of the oldest political tricks in the books to keep minorities from having a voice, as well as keeping folks born on the “wrong side of the tracks” from have a voice.
1 man 1 vote is fair regardless of one’s political philosophy.