In his ruling, Lasnik said that political science and voting experts sufficiently showed that Latinos in the Yakima Valley — upward of 70% — generally vote for the same candidate, and that candidate is usually a Democrat. They also showed how Latino voters have consistently ended up on the losing side of elections.
Lasnik disagreed with the conservative Latinos’ premise — as represented by a group of intervenors in the lawsuit — that the presence of Torres in the 15th Legislative District means that the district aligns with federal voting-rights laws. Lasnik maintained that while there was progress in voter accessibility for the Latino community and representation of Latinos in
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