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birdwatcher ([personal profile] birdwatcher) wrote2007-03-11 05:46 pm

Демократия

Although they make up 46 percent of Port Chester's population, no Hispanic has been elected to the board governing the town of 28,000 people.

Казалось бы -- ну кто виноват? Не выбрали, бывает, 46% оказалось недостаточно. Так оказывается, город обязан перекроить в связи с этим избирательные округа.

The Justice Department sued Port Chester in December, after a complaint by Cesar Ruiz, a Hispanic who made an unsuccessful bid to be a trustee in 2001.