Latino Business Alliance claims voting disparities in school board races

A nonprofit dedicated to serving the needs of local Latino residents claims that the Salem-Keizer School District system for voting for school board members  leaves Hispanic and Latino voters underrepresented.

The alliance initially pressed its claims in a lawsuit filed March 10 in Eugene U.S. District Court against the school district and Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, claiming that the school board’s practice of electing directors at-large violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The…