UPDATE: I was wrong in this post. My commenter was right. Each citizen, not just Hispanics, get 6 votes. Though less unconstitutional, I believe cumulative voting is still undermining our constitution and meant to give extra leverage to special voting blocs.
I am really stunned at the blatant steps taken by activists, whether they be on the court or not, to destroy this Republic. In this case, because some special interest group was unhappy with fair elections, each Hispanic voter will now get 6 votes while non-Hispanic voters will only get one vote in an election. This is no joke. It is called cumulative voting to make elections more "fair". Fair and unbalanced.
Residents get 6 votes each in suburban NY election
Voters in Port Chester, 25 miles northeast of New York City, are electing village trustees for the first time since the federal government alleged in 2006 that the existing election system was unfair. The election ends Tuesday and results are expected late Tuesday night.
Although the village of about 30,000 residents is nearly half Hispanic, no Latino had ever been elected to any of the six trustee seats, which until now were chosen in a conventional at-large election. Most voters were white, and white candidates always won.
Federal Judge Stephen Robinson said that violated the Voting Rights Act, and he approved a remedy suggested by village officials: a system called cumulative voting, in which residents get six votes each to apportion as they wish among the candidates. He rejected a government proposal to break the village into six districts, including one that took in heavily Hispanic areas.
This is so wrong on so many levels, but for activists it achieves their goals such as making it easier for special interest and anti-American groups like La Raza and MEChA to steal not just the Southwestern United States, but also the vote of every other American. It is disgusting.
