What Does a Democratic State Senate Majority Mean For Voting Rights in Washington?

State legislators for years have failed to pass a Voting Rights Act.by Bernard ElloukAre fairer elections in non-Seattle Washington on the way? GETTY
Passing a Washington Voting Rights Act, which could mandate re-districing of city elections from at-large to districted, has bedeviled state Democrats for nearly a decade.But now that the election is over, a major priority for the ascendant state Democratic majority will be to make state elections fair for minority candidates, whose electoral prosp