Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik issued a judgment in favor of Latino voters in Central Washington who filed suit over the redrawn 15th Legislative District, stating that despite meeting the required percentage of Latino voters, it’s drawn in a way that dilutes voting power.
Lasnik agreed with the plaintiffs in the case, known as Palmer v. Hobbs, stating that the current boundaries of the district, combined with the social, economic and historical conditions in the Yakima Valley, created inequality in the electoral opportunities between white and Latino voters in the region.
Now the Washington State Legislature has to decide whether to reconvene the bipartisan Washington State Redistricting
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