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Worcester agrees to change method of electing school committee after lawsuit alleges current practice dilutes voice of Latino, Black voters


Worcester agrees to change method of electing school committee after lawsuit alleges current practice dilutes voice of Latino, Black voters
Updated Apr 14, 2021;
The city of Worcester has agreed to change the way it elects members to the school committee after a lawsuit alleged the current practice dilutes the vote of Latino and Black residents.
Officials have announced that the city will not fight the lawsuit and instead will change to a system that is viewed as more equitable, according to a news release. Currently, school committee members are elected via an “at large” method.
Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty announced the city would change its method Tuesday night after a discussion of the lawsuit by the City Council in executive session, according to Lawyers for Civil Rights. ....

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NAACP chapter sues Worcester over school board election system that allegedly discriminates


NAACP chapter sues Worcester over school board election system that allegedly discriminates
WORCESTER  A coalition including the Worcester branch of the NAACP and Worcester Interfaith filed a federal lawsuit on Monday alleging that the at-large system for electing members of the School Committee discriminates against communities of color.
“The courts have ruled that at-large systems such as Worcester’s are unfair and illegal,” Oren M. Sellstrom of Lawyers for Civil Rights, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the voting rights lawsuit, said in a press release. “Worcester’s winner-take-all system deprives communities of color of the opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.” ....

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