ACLU: Ferguson-Florissant School District’s Electoral Process Undermines African-American Vote
ST. LOUIS —(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. A federal trial gets underway today over voting rights and race discrimination in Ferguson, Missouri. The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s at-large electoral system, charging it locks African-Americans out of the political process in violation of the Voting Rights Act.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Missouri NAACP and African-American residents, aims to allow voters…
