A trial to decide whether Washington violated federal voting rights laws when it established a Latino majority legislative district in Central Washington began Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert S. Lasnik is expected to hear arguments through next week in the lawsuit filed by Latino voters in January 2022 regarding the 15th Legislative District, which was redrawn by the state’s redistricting commission in 2021. The plaintiffs in Palmer v. Hobbs contend the 15th Legislative District, as the commission designed it in the once-a-decade redistricting process, dilutes Latino voter power and violates the federal Voting Rights Act.
The voters argue in their lawsuit that while
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