The San Mateo City Council voted Monday to change to a by-district elections system after receiving claims that its current system could violate California’s Voting Rights Act.
Under district-based elections, voters from each district in the city would vote on one councilmember who lives in that district to represent it. Currently, the city of San Mateo has an at-large election system, meaning that voters across the city, regardless of where they live, vote on each of the five City Council members.
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