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Posted: 9/8/2016 9:50:14 AM EDT
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/2016/09/07/lawsuit-targets-statewide-judicial-elections/89926524/
WASHINGTON – Alabama’s method of electing appellate judges statewide makes it nearly impossible to elect an African-American, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by civil rights groups. All 19 judges on the Alabama Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals are white because it is more difficult for blacks to be elected at large, according to the lawsuit filed on behalf of the Alabama NAACP and four black citizens. It says the state should switch to district elections. The at-large method "unlawfully dilutes the voting strength of African Americans and prevents them from electing candidates of their choice,” the suit says. ... 
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Posted: 9/8/2016 4:23:30 PM EDT
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"About one-quarter of the state’s voting-age population is African-American, yet no black jurists have been elected to any of the three appellate courts for the last 21 years." Also, is all of that 25% only voting for black judges? |
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Posted: 9/8/2016 4:41:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Majority rules. Also, is all of that 25% only voting for black judges? Quote HistoryQuoted:
"About one-quarter of the state’s voting-age population is African-American, yet no black jurists have been elected to any of the three appellate courts for the last 21 years." Also, is all of that 25% only voting for black judges? Surely not, wouldn't that be... oh, what's that word? Starts with an "r" I think. |
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Posted: 9/9/2016 8:02:47 AM EDT
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So , if you have 25% of the voting population, do you think that 25% of the elected officials, in any office should be "fill in the choice of the 25%" ?
Voting doesn't work like that. It never has. What works like that is when the Federal government steps in and determines that X number of whatever has to be Y because Y is not fairly represented. And that's depending on your definition of fair. When the Fed's do that, then it is unfair to the other letters... |
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