Texas Scorecard By Erin Anderson September 17, 2020
Councilmember La’Shadion Shemwell, an outspoken Black Lives Matter activist, claims the city’s recall process is racially motivated.McKinney City Councilmember La’Shadion Shemwell has refiled his voting rights lawsuit against the city’s special election to recall him from office, claiming the process is racially motivated.
Shemwell, an outspoken Black Lives Matter activist, wants a federal court to stop the recall election, set for November 3, or limit participation to just eligible voters within his District 1.
His complaint challenges the legality of recall provisions in the city charter, approved by voters last May, that lowered the number of signatures required on recall petitions and clarified all recall elections are citywide.
He claims “white city officials,†including Mayor George Fuller, supported the recall rule changes “for the purpose of diluting the strength of Black and Latino voters†in his eastside majority-minority district, violating the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
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