As the Equal Voting Rights Institute says in its press release, the “Voting Rights Act prevents that kind of disenfranchisement of an out-of-favor race, regardless of what race it is.”
This Is the First Lawsuit Filed Alleging White Voters’ Voting Rights Are Being Diluted
By Heritage Foundation Hans von Spakovsky——Bio and Archives--January 16, 2015
The Equal Voting Rights Institute filed an historic lawsuit on Jan. 15 in Texas on behalf of white Dallas voters alleging that Dallas County commissioners are diluting their voting rights.
Although there have been many lawsuits filed on behalf of black, Hispanic, Asian and Indian voters making such vote dilution claims since the Voting Rights Act was passed 50 years ago, this is the first time such a suit has been filed on behalf of white voters, or “Anglos” (non-Hispanic whites) as they are referred to in the federal challenge.
In Harding v. County of Dallas, the head of the Equal Voting Rights Institute, Dan Morenoff, says that “Dallas carved up a local minority’s vote with a map allowing almost half the population the chance to compete for no more than a fifth of the seats.” The Dallas County government is governed by a Commissioners Court, a five-member body composed of a county judge elected at-large and four county commissioners representing specific districts. Anglos are a racial minority in Dallas County–31.7 percent of the total population in 2013 according to the Census, and the complaint filed in the lawsuit says they represent 48 percent of the voting-age population.
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