The majority-black city blocked from electing black officials

[Guno צְבִי]

The discriminatory voting system in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, allowed white people to win every city council seat. Now residents are fighting back

Pleasant Grove has been using a voting system that has historically disadvantaged African Americans by allowing powerful blocs – in this case, of white residents – to vote en masse for their candidate of choice and win every seat.

It’s a system Alabama municipalities instituted over a century ago to dilute the impact of African American voters on local elections, in conjunction with other discriminatory rules, to allow white majorities to maintain their political influence in cities across the state. Seats on the council are not allotted by district; instead the whole electorate votes for all members.

“It provided hegemony for white supremacy,” said Peyton McCrary, a historian who has closely studied at-large elections in Alabama. “It was totally successful.”

But two years ago, residents of Pleasant Grove decided they’d had enough.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/28/alabama-pleasant-grove-fight-to-vote

 

[Loving91390]

Maybe you blacks should get up off your asses and vote ......

 

[TTQ64]

The discriminatory voting system in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, allowed white people to win every city council seat. Now residents are fighting back

Pleasant Grove has been using a voting system that has historically disadvantaged African Americans by allowing powerful blocs – in this case, of white residents – to vote en masse for their candidate of choice and win every seat.

It’s a system Alabama municipalities instituted over a century ago to dilute the impact of African American voters on local elections, in conjunction with other discriminatory rules, to allow white majorities to maintain their political influence in cities across the state. Seats on the council are not allotted by district; instead the whole electorate votes for all members.

“It provided hegemony for white supremacy,” said Peyton McCrary, a historian who has closely studied at-large elections in Alabama. “It was totally successful.”

But two years ago, residents of Pleasant Grove decided they’d had enough.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/28/alabama-pleasant-grove-fight-to-vote

It's exactly why I don't trust states from the south. All they do is cheat.

 

[cawacko]

The discriminatory voting system in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, allowed white people to win every city council seat. Now residents are fighting back

Pleasant Grove has been using a voting system that has historically disadvantaged African Americans by allowing powerful blocs – in this case, of white residents – to vote en masse for their candidate of choice and win every seat.

It’s a system Alabama municipalities instituted over a century ago to dilute the impact of African American voters on local elections, in conjunction with other discriminatory rules, to allow white majorities to maintain their political influence in cities across the state. Seats on the council are not allotted by district; instead the whole electorate votes for all members.

“It provided hegemony for white supremacy,” said Peyton McCrary, a historian who has closely studied at-large elections in Alabama. “It was totally successful.”

But two years ago, residents of Pleasant Grove decided they’d had enough.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/28/alabama-pleasant-grove-fight-to-vote

That's some impressive spin attempt guno. No one is block from electing black candidates. If black candidates win they get a seat on the counsel. The argument here is the same one they had in San Francisco. City wide elections or district elections. In SF the argument for district elections was framed as City wide elections gave "downtown interests" too much power and ultimately we switched to district elections.

What doesn't make sense is the article claims the City is 60% black. If all you need is a majority to win an election then black people should be able to elect whomever they want assuming they all vote for the same candidate.

 

[CFM]

The discriminatory voting system in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, allowed white people to win every city council seat. Now residents are fighting back

Pleasant Grove has been using a voting system that has historically disadvantaged African Americans by allowing powerful blocs – in this case, of white residents – to vote en masse for their candidate of choice and win every seat.

It’s a system Alabama municipalities instituted over a century ago to dilute the impact of African American voters on local elections, in conjunction with other discriminatory rules, to allow white majorities to maintain their political influence in cities across the state. Seats on the council are not allotted by district; instead the whole electorate votes for all members.

“It provided hegemony for white supremacy,” said Peyton McCrary, a historian who has closely studied at-large elections in Alabama. “It was totally successful.”

But two years ago, residents of Pleasant Grove decided they’d had enough.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/28/alabama-pleasant-grove-fight-to-vote

Bet the same one that claim this is happening have no problem with creating majority black voting blocs in gerrymandered majority minority districts.