Jesse Jackson To Sue City Over 'Racist' Non-Partisan Elections | Truth Revolt:
"Speaking to a the Greenville Baptist Church in South Carolina, Jesse Jackson said he planned on suing the city over their recent 4-3 vote to change its elections to non-partisan election because its racist.
“It costs more to run non-partisan elections.
It’s more difficult politically, and non-partisan elections make the process more difficult for minorities to win,” said Jackson.
The non-partisan elections would do away with party labels in municipal races.
Jackson claims that the new elections are nothing more than a “scheme” to destroy the minority votes.
“It’s nothing but an at-large scheme,” Jackson said.
“You’ll have an all-white City Council come November if this stands.”
But Brian Anderson from Downtrend.com points out that Jackson is correct about non-partisan elections hurting the minority candidates but ensures that Jackson is wrong about labeling the city racist.
“The same rules for everyone is never discriminatory," Anderson writes.
"And, in fact non-partisan elections make candidates work harder and require voters to get more involved in the process.”"
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