Reversing Justice's Race-Based Politics ; Lawsuit Challenges the Bad Part of the Voting Rights Act
The Washington Times › April 08, 2010
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From the department of silver linings: A bad ruling based on a bad law may lead to the bad law being overturned.
The bad ruling occurred after the black-majority town of Kinston, N.C., chose by a two-thirds vote - including a majority in black precincts - to switch to a nonpartisan voting system. Bizarrely, hard-left Justice Department official Loretta King last year outlawed the nonpartisan elections. She ruled that those same black voters would be unable to elect "candidates of choice" unless Democrat party affiliation was identified explicitly on the ballots. In short, Ms. King said those black voters didn't have enough sense to understand their own interests when they chose to hold elections without party labels.See the full content of this document
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Reversing Justice's Race-Based Politics ; Lawsuit Challenges the Bad Part of the Voting Rights Act
On its face, Ms. King's ruling insulted Kinston's voters. It also was a misreading...
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