Soto Palmer, et al., v. Hobbs, et al.: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington - Plaintiffs’ Complaint

Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the UCLA Voting Rights Project and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed a complaint in federal court alleging that the proposed state legislative map drawn by the Washington State Redistricting Commission violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by cracking Latino voters in the Yakima Valley area and not providing Latino voters with an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.