FRESNO, Calif. – Following a federal judge’s ruling that a redistricting plan adopted in 2011 by the Kern County, California Board of Supervisors unlawfully denies Latinos the right to elect candidates of their choice, MALDEF and attorneys for the county will return to court tomorrow for the remedial phase of the case.
Voting Rights
STATEMENT ON RESOLUTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS’ CLAIMS AGAINST DISBANDED WHITE HOUSE ‘ELECTION INTEGRITY COMMISSION’
KERN COUNTY REDISTRICTING PLAN VIOLATES LATINO VOTING RIGHTS, FEDERAL COURT RULES IN MALDEF LAWSUIT
MALDEF STATEMENT ON DISMISSAL OF FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT
MALDEF STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION TO HEAR CASE ON TEXAS HOUSE REDISTRICTING PLAN
MALDEF WARNS VICTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT VIOLATION
MALDEF STATEMENT ON CONCLUSION OF LANDMARK TRIAL IN LAWSUIT ALLEGING FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN KERN COUNTY
(Los Angeles, CA) – Trial in a lawsuit filed by MALDEF alleging that Kern County, California has violated the federal Voting Rights Act concluded in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California this week. It was the first federal Voting Rights Act trial in California in over a decade and a half.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON CITY OF LODI’S MOVE TOWARDS DISTRICT-BASED ELECTION SYSTEM
(Los Angeles, CA) – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), released the following statement today following a vote by the Lodi City Council to adopt a resolution of intent to move from an at-large to a district-based election system.
MALDEF TO REPRESENT DISENFRANCHISED KERN COUNTY LATINOS IN LANDMARK FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS TRIAL
TRIAL TO BEGIN IN LAWSUIT ALLEGING KERN COUNTY DENIES LATINO VOTING RIGHTS
MALDEF, ADVANCING JUSTICE SEEK TO INTERVENE IN FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGE TO THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT
MALDEF WARNS CITY OF LODI OF LEGAL ACTION OVER ELECTION SYSTEM
MALDEF STATEMENT ON SETTLEMENT IN CHALLENGE TO PASADENA, TX ELECTION SYSTEM
(Pasadena, TX) – Pasadena Mayor Jeff Wagner and MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) announced today that the City and plaintiffs have reached a settlement of the litigation in Patino v. City of Pasadena, which was a challenge to Pasadena’s election system that was adopted through a charter amendment approved in a 2013 election.
TESTIMONY OF THOMAS A. SAENZ, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, MALDEF BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Good afternoon. My name is Thomas A. Saenz, and I am president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), which, next year, will celebrate 50 years promoting the civil rights of all Latinos living in the United States. MALDEF is headquartered in Los Angeles, with regional offices in Chicago; San Antonio, where we were founded; and Washington, D.C.