To prevent the possibility of a lawsuit under the state Voting Rights Act, Vacaville Unified leaders may eventually ask for the school district’s legal counsel to hire a demographic-measuring firm to study voting patterns in the district.
The seven-member board listened Thursday to attorney David Soldani, who, in a 40-minute presentation, offered information, recommendations and commentary so the district complies with the act, which took effect in 2003.
The law prohibits the use of at-large elections if the method “impairs the ability of a protected class to elect candidates of its choice,” Soldani, a Fresno-based lawyer, noted in his computer-aided slide presentation.
via Vacaville Unified School District could look into voter patterns.