Federal Judge Order "Cumulative Voting" to Increase Hispanic Representation

[Geee]

Washington Examiner:

Federal judge orders "cumulative voting" to increase Hispanic representation
By: MARK HEMINGWAY
Commentary Staff Writer
06/16/10 10:51 AM EDT

Someone please tell me this is a joke. "Vote early, vote often" is now being mandated by a federal judge:

Arthur Furano voted early — five days before Election Day. And he voted often, flipping the lever six times for his favorite candidate. Furano cast multiple votes on the instructions of a federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a new election system crafted to help boost Hispanic representation.

Voters in Port Chester, 25 miles northeast of New York City, are electing village trustees for the first time since the federal government alleged in 2006 that the existing election system was unfair. The election ends Tuesday and results are expected late Tuesday.

Although the village of about 30,000 residents is nearly half Hispanic, no Latino had ever been elected to any of the six trustee seats, which until now were chosen in a conventional at-large election. Most voters were white, and white candidates always won.

Federal Judge Stephen Robinson said that violated the Voting Rights Act, and he approved a remedy suggested by village officials: a system called cumulative voting, in which residents get six votes each to apportion as they wish among the candidates. He rejected a government proposal to break the village into six districts, including one that took in heavily Hispanic areas.

[Argyle58]

This is insanity. There can be no legal or Constitutional grounds for this. I hope someone is appealling this decision.

[Sabre86]

The judge was appointed by Bush 43.

 

Usually idiots like this are Clinton appointees.

[Pepper]

I am going back to take a shower.

[SrWoodchuck]

Since you didn't press one for English:

 

"Por favor, bajar el culo muertos y vota!" "Gracias."