Racial disparities ground challenge to Colorado Springs off-cycle elections
Voting rights groups are challenging Colorado Springs' off-cycle municipal elections, citing racial disparities in voter turnout. The lawsuit follows a new state law that provides a mechanism for local enforcement.
Voting rights groups unsuccessfully sued Colorado Springs in 2022, arguing the timing of the city’s municipal elections led to a racial disparity in voter turnout. They’re trying again now that a new Colorado law creates a local enforcement mechanism. The League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region, Citizens Project and Common Cause Colorado […]
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