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Voting Rights Act Guru (not verified) says:
The federal Voting Rights Act requires that the council district (as is with the state legislative and congresional ditricts in Brooklyn) offer the minority community the ability to elect its candidate of choice. The law DOES NOT require that a candidate of any specific race be elected or that only a candidate of the minority community run.
Let's at least educate the candidates as to the law. Susan Alter won a lawsuit in 1991 when people tried to prevent her running in a similar district.
The federal Voting Rights Act requires that the council district (as is with the state legislative and congresional ditricts in Brooklyn) offer the minority community the ability to elect its candidate of choice. The law DOES NOT require that a candidate of any specific race be elected or that only a candidate of the minority community run.
Let's at least educate the candidates as to the law. Susan Alter won a lawsuit in 1991 when people tried to prevent her running in a similar district.