Georgia Latinos Prepare for Gainesville Voting Rights Battle
By Jerry Gunn, Access North Georgia
The head of the Atlanta based Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) said Tuesday night there’s strong evidence that the City of Gainesville is out of compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act.
GALEO Executive Director Jerry Gonzalez told members of the Voting Rights Committee for the City of Gainesville, meeting at the Aviation Boulevard Cielos Abiertos, that the present at-large voting process unfairly dilutes minority voting efforts.
“Because of that we want the City to eliminate the at large process,” Gonzalez said. “Unfortunately the City has not been very cooperative.”
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