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Los Angeles County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
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Cerritos College out of compliance with CVRA of 2002

By Leonard Zuniga

Candidate for Governing Board Member; Cerritos Community College District; Trustee Area 1

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Successfully bringing Cerritos Community College into compliance with the California Voter Rights Act of 2002.
The California Voter Right Act of 2002(CVRA) is a result of the Federal court case, Thornburg versus Gingles, 478 U.S. 30 1986.

That stated a plaintiff must first establish the three Gingles threshold preconditions:

  • "First, the minority group must be able to demonstrate that it is sufficiently large and geographically compact to constitute a majority in a single-member district...
  • "Second, the minority group must be able to show that it is politically cohesive...
  • Third, the minority must be able to demonstrate that the white majority votes sufficiently as a bloc to enable it... to defeat the minority's preferred candidate." Historically, failure to establish any one precondition was regarded as fatal to a claim under section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act.

Unfortunately, Since it had been ignored for over 9 years, now the college had to pay attorney fees. If left ignored for longer, the attorney fees would subsequently be higher.

Now, Cerritos College is in compliance, and as a result of MY pro-activeness, it will save money for the students, if left out of compliance.

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