The Section 2 lawsuit was filed after negotiations with Passaic City to resolve that claim without litigation were unsuccessful. Native Americans comprise 38 percent of the population in Benson County, which is located in the north central portion of the state and includes a majority of the Spirit Lake Sioux Reservation. Settlement discussions are ongoing. The Section 203 claim and Section 2 pollworker claim were resolved by a consent decree that became effective on September 28, 1999. The lawsuit was filed after negotiations to resolve the case without litigation were unsuccessful.
Discussions are now under way to resolve the case without litigation.
The lawsuit was filed after negotiations to resolve the case without litigation were unsuccessful. Settlement discussions with the city have been conducted. Negotiations to resolve the case with Day County were successful but those with the sanitary district were not. Litigation of the claims against the sanitary district is now proceeding. Alabama In 1993, the United States filed a Section 2 challenge to the continued use of a 1985 redistricting plan for the Tallapoosa County, Alabama, county commission.