Source: https://www.justice.gov/crt/united-states-district-court-northern-district-texas-lubbock-division
Timestamp: 2017-09-22 02:53:32
Document Index: 724398260

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1973', '§ 1973', '§ 2201', '§ 1973', '§ 55', '§ 1973']

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No.: 5:07-cv-00146
POST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSENT DECREE, ORDER, AND
and BILLIE JEAN CROSS CHIEF JUDGMENT
The United States of America filed this action pursuant to Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ("Section 203"), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973aa-1a; 42 U.S.C. § 1973aa-2; and 28 U.S.C. § 2201, alleging violations of Section 203 arising from the Defendants' election practices and procedures in the May 2007 municipal election as they affect Spanish-speaking citizens of the Post Independent School District (the "ISD").
According to the 2000 Census, the ISD had a total population of 4,625, of whom 1,737 (37.6%) were Hispanic. The Census reported that the ISD had a total voting age population of 3,342, of whom 1,173 (35.1%) were Hispanic.
The Director of the Census has designated the County of Garza as subject to the requirements of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act for Spanish. See 42 U.S.C. § 1973aa-1a(b)(2); see also 67 Fed. Reg. 48,871 (July 26, 2002). As a political unit within the County of Garza, the ISD is also subject to the requirements of Section 203 for Spanish. See 28 C.F.R. § 55.9. The Census coverage determination is final and non-reviewable. See 42 U.S.C. § 1973aa-1a(b)(4).
ENTERED and ORDERED this _4th__ day of __September___, 2007.