Sanchez v. Bond

WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal of a vote dilution case. Plaintiffs-Appellants are voters from Sa-*1490guache County, Colorado, who contend that the at-large election procedure used to elect county commissioners in Saguache County impermissibly dilutes Hispanic votes in violation of Section 2 et seq. of the Voting Rights Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq. After hearing the evidence, the district court concluded that the plaintiffs had failed to prove a violation of § 2 and entered judgment in favor of the defendants. We affirm.

Appellants raise two main arguments on…