lone star college system. it s part of greater houston. because all of those are public college, they are governed publicly by publicly elected officials. the lone star college system has nine elected trustees. people who run for office has public officials. it might not be the most exciting exercise in democracy, but it is, people voting for a government official to represent them in fwomgoverning. this particular district in texas got ready for an election in 2006, they got a letter from the justice department in washington, tk. justice had noticed the district had made some changes from how elections had been held there in the past. one of the things the district wanted to do was cut the number of polling places from 84 down to 12. oh. that s a big change. how did they pick the 12 sites when narrowing it down from 84? that s bwhere it gets really interesting. quoting the justice department u assignment of voters to these 12 sites is remarkably uneven. the site with the smallest
the lone star college system has nine elected trustees. people who run for office has public officials. it might not be the most exciting exercise in democracy, but it is, people voting for a government official to represent them in governing. this particular district in texas got ready for an election in 2006, they got a letter from the justice department in washington, d.c. justice had noticed the district had made some changes from how elections had been held there in the past. one of the things the district wanted to do was cut the number of polling places from 84 down to 12. oh. that s a big change. how did they pick the 12 sites when narrowing it down from 84? that s where it gets really interesting. quoting the justice department u assignment of voters to these 12 sites is remarkably uneven. the site with the smallest proportion of minority voters, so the whitest voting site will serve 6,500 voters. while the most heavily minority site will serve over 67,000 voters.