The California Supreme Court will hear the Santa Monica case over at-large voting for city council members on August 18. The plaintiffs are trying to end at-large elections for city council. They argue that at-large elections in Santa Monica injure Hispanic voters. The State Court of Appeals had upheld the at-large system. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for this news.
The case is Pico Neighborhood Association v City of Santa Monica.
BOTH AT LARGE AND SMD ELECTIONS DENY 49.99 PCT MINORITIES ANY ***REAL*** REPRESENTATION.
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PR IN ALL LEGIS BODY ELECTIONS.
AND ANOTHER THING, I HAVE A SMALL HOBBIT AND I MUST SCREAM.
NO PR. NO LEGISLATORS. NO LEGISLATORS BODIES.
IT IS HARD TO SAY WHICH OF THE TWO “AZ” HOLES IS THE LEAST FUNNY JOKE OF THE TWO; THE ONE WHO “THINKS” (PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WORD) TRUMP = HITLER OR THE ONE FOCUSED ON MALE GENITALIA.
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=136410
OR RCV BILL
RANK COMMIE VOTING
https://www.wlrn.org/politics/2022-12-15/city-of-miami-sued-for-racial-gerrymandering-in-redistricting-map
MIAMI, FL GERRYMANDER CASE
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LOTS OF RIGGED DISTRICT SCHEMES IN COLOR IN COMPLAINT
RACE WAR ??? — MERCILESS BLACKS VS MERCILESS HISPANICS — EURO WHITES TO BURY THE DEAD ???
HOW WOULD MAXZIM PRECINCT OFFICERS DEAL WITH MESS ???
KILL ALL LEGISLATORS ??? — SINCE NO LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN MAXZIM TYRANT REGIME.
A “Trump = Hitler” Z is going off the deep end. What mess? What legislators? None of those problems would exist under my proposal.
Bullet voting sometimes help a minority candidate get elected to an at-large council.
Approval and cumulative voting can also improve at-large elections.
The Court of Appeals had overturned the Superior Court decision. The Superior Court had relied on old newspaper clippings from 1946 when the city switched from a commission form of government to a council-manager form of government and 1992 when they made another change to the charter and considered district elections. The model plan would have created a district with a 30% Hispanic population. The plaintiffs lawyers would receive $22 million.
When my home city was blackmailed into changing to District from At-Large voting a few years ago here are 2 huge issues I brought up. First, the group complaining was a non-profit based in Texas. So, why should they care how California’s cities elect council-members? Second, their demanding a quota of Hispanic members when none run for office is utterly illogical. This idea must come from someone who liked how representatives were chosen in the old Supreme Soviet of USSR years.
All unneeded complexity.
District elections hurt white people the most. The districts are divided by population. If the districts where white people are represented have a high amount of citizens therefore higher amount of registered voters and the Hispanic areas have a much lower amount of citizens and a therefore a much lower amount of registered voters then white people can logically claim their votes being are being watered down and they are being injured. So a census should never count people here illegally. Secondly the districts should be apportioned by citizenship plus green card status, people here legally.
If the “districts” are largely independent and not subject to redistricting from above (they may subdivide if there is substantial population growth, which I would not expect), and Whites are the only ones allowed to vote in White countries, you solve much of that problem. Illegals would of course have to be rounded up and repatriated (assuming their country takes them) or just kicked out (assuming any country takes them). If neither one works, perhaps give them the options of slavery or death?