LULAC sues Houston, challenging 'gross underrepresentation' of Latinos at City Council
The group, one of the largest Hispanic civil rights organizations in the country, first announced its plan to take legal action against the city in January.Texas may now have more Latinos than white people, new report suggests, capping a decades-long trend
Right now, while 45 percent of Houston residents are Hispanic, Robert Gallegos of District I is the only Hispanic person holding a seat on the 16-member body. The federal lawsuit aims to replace the city’s five at-large seats, which represent voters citywide, with single-member seats dedicated to certain geographic areas. The at-large election system at Houston has created barriers to Hispanic representation and deprived hundreds of thousands of minority Houstonians of their voting rights guaranteed by law, according to the complaint.
“The Latino voters of Houston have waited for fair redistricting plans. They have waited for years for the city of Houston to end its long relationship with 'at-large' districts that dilute the electoral strength of Hispanics,” the lawsuit says. “The time has come to replace this old election system that functions solely to dilute the power of Houston’s Latino voters.”
The city attorney's office was not immediately available for comment, but a spokesperson for the mayor's office said a response would forthcoming soon.
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