As a major Election Day approaches in November, we can appreciate the fundamental rights of all American citizens to vote in fair and nondiscriminatory elections. Unfortunately, some minority communities, even in California, still find themselves without a voice in their local government.
These groups have a powerful tool in the groundbreaking California Voting Rights Act, Cal. Elec. Code §14025 et seq., enacted in 2002. Under the CVRA, minorities that historically have been underrepresented on a local governing body because of at-large elections can sue for implementation of district-based elections and other remedies that can enable them to elect officials more responsive to their needs. The CVRA survived a facial constitutional challenge in Sanchez v. City of Modesto, 145 Cal.App.4th 660 (2006) .
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