The City will also provide voter education on the proposed charter amendments. In the settlement announced today, the City has agreed to provide two opportunities for Compton voters to decide whether to establish district-based election for City Council by placing charter amendments on the June 2012 ballot and, if the measure fails to pass in June, on the November 2012 ballot.
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Trial had been set for in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The City denies the plaintiffs allegation and maintains that its electoral system is equally open to all voters, but can be changed only by the voters. Plaintiffs González and Ruiz sued the City in December 2010, claiming that the Citys at-large method of elections violates the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 because it prevents Latino voters from electing candidates of their choice in this city of almost 100,000. The parties issued a joint press release announcing settlement of the case on February 28, 2012, which is set out below.ĬOMPTON, Febru The City of Compton, California and voters Felicitas González, Flora Ruiz and Enelida Alvarez announced today a resolution to a long-standing dispute over the Citys election system. Joaquin Avila, Director of the National Voting Rights Advocacy Initiative at Seattle University School of Law, and Rosen, Bien & Galvan represented plaintiffs in the dispute with the City of Compton over the City’s election system. Early coverage of the election in the Los Angeles Times is available here. The City of Compton elected Issac Galvan as its first Latino council member this week, just over one year since the settlement of a lawsuit over the City’s election system.
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