The LA Daily Journal offers this report ($), which begins: “In a case that could affect local elections throughout California, the city of Modesto is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a California law that gives minority groups broad legal rights to challenge the at-large election systems that dominate the state’s political races. Modesto filed a petition last month asking the justices to review a state court decision that sided with Latino voters who argued that, because of racially polarized voting, the at-large system for electing the Modesto City Council diluted Latino voting power.” My earlier coverage of this case is here.