If this case stands... say goodbye to our non-partisan elections

[jw1776]

US overrides small towns decision to have non-partisan elections

From the article: "The Justice Department's ruling, which affects races for City Council and mayor, went so far as to say partisan elections are needed so that black voters can elect their "candidates of choice" - identified by the department as those who are Democrats

Comments

[dustin_00]

For local elections, more and more I prefer voting for whoever is NOT the incumbent. National parties seem so heavilly weighted toward the national issues they have little to offer/differentiate locally.

For example:
Medic ONE will always be on the ballot cuz they know it will always pass, so why bother funding it to begin with? It's like extra money to the city council.

[jw1776]

SO true about Medic One.

How small minded

[carmiel]

So black voters *only* vote for Democrats? WTF?
Doesn't that make the Justice Dept. guilty of sterotyping?