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Asian American Voting Rights And Representation: A Perspective From The Northeast, Glenn D. Magpantay
Asian American Voting Rights And Representation: A Perspective From The Northeast, Glenn D. Magpantay
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This article presents a strategy for advancing Asian American voting rights and for ensuring that Asian Americans have a full and fair opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice, as guaranteed by the Voting Rights Act, through an exploration of legal issues in the census, redistricting, and alternative voting systems. First, it discusses the importance of an accurate count of Asian Americans in the decennial census. Second, it explores legal strategies to achieve meaningful representation of Asian Americans through the redrawing of federal, state, and local voting district boundaries. Third, it reviews the merits and limitations of alternative voting …
Of Boroughs, Boundaries And Bullwinkles: The Limitations Of Single-Member Districts In A Multiracial Context, Judith Reed
Of Boroughs, Boundaries And Bullwinkles: The Limitations Of Single-Member Districts In A Multiracial Context, Judith Reed
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This essay examines the 1991 New York Ciity Council districting, with particular focus on the problems inherent in districting a multiracial city and the limitations of single member districts as a method of minority empowerment. The essay examines specific New York City Council districts that contain more than one minority group and concludes that electing council members from at-large, borough-wide districts by cumulative voting is a more effective districting strategy to structure majoritarian collective decision-making bodies that ensure meaningful minority interest representation and participation. .