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Legal pressure has prompted Oakley leaders to begin the process of changing the selection process for city councilmembers. The switch would replace the current at-large election process with a system in which councilmembers are elected by a district that each would represent. The change comes on the heels of threats of a lawsuit from a Southern California-based attorney, alleging that Oakleyâs current voting system violates the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) by fostering an arrangement that dilutes the Latino vote. The CVRA, signed into law in 2002, bans at-large election methods that impair a protected classâs ability to elect its selected candidates or influence an election outcome.