A key solution to this problem starts with educating minority communities on their basic right as a citizen to not only vote, but to choose the candidate of their choice. With increased education, organizations such as the Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union can intervene of these citizens behalf to pursue legal action to rectify these violations of the Voting Rights Act. This practice could also increase minority participation in the political process if they believe that their votes mean something. Especially in local government, it is important to have officials that are not only dedicated to the community, but also officials who understand it. At-large voting practices prevent this from happening by increasing votes for candidates that community members may not want in office. This practice also discourages members of that community to participate because the candidate that they want never gets
A key solution to this problem starts with educating minority communities on their basic right as a citizen to not only vote, but to choose the candidate of their choice. With increased education, organizations such as the Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union can intervene of these citizens behalf to pursue legal action to rectify these violations of the Voting Rights Act. This practice could also increase minority participation in the political process if they believe that their votes mean something. Especially in local government, it is important to have officials that are not only dedicated to the community, but also officials who understand it. At-large voting practices prevent this from happening by increasing votes for candidates that community members may not want in office. This practice also discourages members of that community to participate because the candidate that they want never gets