"Osceola rejects voting-rights deal"

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel offers this report, which begins: "Osceola County commissioners have rejected the first settlement offer in the federal government's voting-rights lawsuit against the county. Justice Department attorneys last month proposed a meeting to discuss a possible settlement. It suggested Osceola could switch from its countywide election format to five or six district seats and satisfy the Voting Rights Act."

Posted by Rick Hasen at April 5, 2006 07:41 AM