YAKIMA VALLEY LATINOS

We believe the plaintiffs' 7-single-member district plan, with two Latino-majority districts, provides the best response to the chronic history of under-representation of Latinos in Yakima City government and suppression of Latino voting. In addition, we believe the 7-single-member district plan reduces barriers to community members who may be able to mount a district-wide campaign but may lack the resources to mount a city-wide campaign. Finally, this plan is fair to all members of the community, both Latino and non-Latino, in that all have equal opportunity to be represented by a specific city councilmember elected by and accountable to constituents in their district... The 7-single-member district plan is preferable to the City's proposed plan that retains 2 at-large positions because with only one Latino-majority district the City's proposal continues the previous discriminatory voting practices and, consequently, minimizes the opportunity for Latino voters to elect their..

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