A judge has refused to delay the elections under the current system in Compton (CA).  Hispanic plaintiffs are challenging Compton’s at large elections for city council.  The LA Times has more.

“The plaintiffs contend that the city’s at-large elections to choose a representative for each of Compton’s four districts weaken Latinos’ voting power, and they are pushing for district-restricted voting.  Such a change could give a Latino candidate a greater chance of winning a council seat, the plaintiffs argue. Over the last two decades Compton’s population has shifted from predominantly African American to about two-thirds Latino, though blacks still constitute the majority of registered voters. No Latino candidate has ever been elected to the City Council or any other city office.  ‘What we have here is a complete absence historically of Latino representation,’ Avila told the court Tuesday.”