The Center Square wrote about our lawsuit, Noyes vs. Newsom, over the illegal Prop. 50 maps. that violate the Fifteenth Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The lawsuit brought by Tangipa is one of at least two lawsuits brought against Newsom over the Proposition 50 election. The other suit, Noyes vs. Newsom, brought by the Public Interest Legal Foundation, alleges that the Prop. 50 maps were drawn with “illegal racial intent and with illegal racial considerations,” which the complaint for that suits says is a violation of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits a denial of citizens’ rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude, and the Voting Rights Act forbids the enforcement of election procedures carried out with racial intent, according to the complaint.
“The California legislature crossed a red line when it redrew the map, violating Fifteenth Amendment provisions which prohibit denying the right to vote based on a citizen’s race or color,” J. Christian Adams, the president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, said in a Dec. 2 press release. “The US Constitution leaves no room for state officials to sort votes by race.”