Newburgh Adopts Ranked-Choice Voting, Protecting Minority Voices
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Newburgh, a Hudson River town in New York, adopts ranked-choice voting for Town Council elections, following a lawsuit under the states John Lewis Voting Rights Act. This move aims to protect minority votes and ensure fair representation, as the town is forty percent Hispanic and had no person of color on the council for thirty-two years until last November. Voting rights advocates hail this as a significant step amid federal rollbacks and potential threats to minority representation.
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