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>> sean: the voting rights act of 1965 was created to combat discriminatory voting practices but does it have unin tenned consequences? >> it appears that the justice department has been using the voter righting act differently than its writers intended. this is port chester, new york. a small community making national headlines because of its unusual local election. if you are a registered voter here you get six votes when it comes to electing the six member board of trustees. you can vote six times for one candidate or split up votes among different individuals. this is the result of a long ...

Outcome. >> port chester is home to a growing hispanic population. but until this year, no hispanic had ever been elected to the board of trustees and only two had ever been on the ballot. the town's mayor offers a reason for the discrepancy. >> most of those people, however, are not united states citizens yet. come here as immigrants most of them. the census estimates that 22% of that group are eligible to vote. >> despite the fact the justice department filed a lawsuit against port chester in 2006 for violating section objection two of the voting rights act. they were acting on a complaint b...

Outcome. >> port chester is home to a growing hispanic population. but until this year, no hispanic had ever been elected to the board of trustees and only two had ever been on the ballot. the town's mayor offers a reason for the discrepancy. >> most of those people, however, are not united states citizens yet. come here as immigrants most of them. the census estimates that 22% of that group are eligible to vote. >> despite the fact the justice department filed a lawsuit against port chester in 2006 for violating section objection two of the voting rights act. they were acting on a complaint b...

To level the playing field against the major parties so that i can go out and get people to vote for me six times to actually stand a chance of winning in this election. >> cumulative voting has long been a controversial subject in the world of politics. in 1993 bill clinton nominated an assistant attorney general for civil rights but was forced to withdraw the nomination after controversial surfaced.ngs suspects more troubling are critics claims that port chester is an example of the justice department abusing its pound for the candy. the federal government moving in and stil telling they w...

>> sean: the voting rights act of 1965 was created to combat discriminatory voting practices but does it have unin tenned consequences? >> it appears that the justice department has been using the voter righting act differently than its writers intended. this is port chester, new york. a small community making national headlines because of its unusual local election. if you are a registered voter here you get six votes when it comes to electing the six member board of trustees. you can vote six times for one candidate or split up votes among different individuals. this is the result of a long ...