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Voting Right’s Project in Telemundo: “Lawsuit Claims Voter Suppression Towards Latino in Eastern WA”


In 2020, the state of Washington denied the right to vote to more than four thousand Latinos. Furthermore, the League of United Latin American Citizens, Latino Community Fund of Washington, and UCLA’s Voting Rights Project have filed a lawsuit against Benton, Chelan, and Yakima counties for discriminatory practices against the mail-in-ballots of Latino voters and…

In 2020, the state of Washington denied the right to vote to more than four thousand Latinos. Furthermore, the League of United Latin American Citizens, Latino Community Fund of Washington, and UCLA’s Voting Rights Project have filed a lawsuit against Benton, Chelan, and Yakima counties for discriminatory practices against the mail-in-ballots of Latino voters and other racial minorities.