scorpion5005
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MS
A large group of citizens live in a separate city school district and are taxed by the school district but not allowed to vote for either school board members or the people who appoint them (city council).
Only two districts in the state do this. All others allow residents of separate school districts to vote for at large members of a municipal school board to represent the interests of residents who live in the outlying separate school district and being taxed by the district.
Does anyone have any cites for cases on this topic? I posted this here because it seems to me to be a discrimination case, based on unequal treatment between two groups; those school taxpayers who live inside the city limits who are allowed to vote for city council members (who then appoint the school board) and those taxpayers who live outside the city limits, but in the separate school area and are taxed by the city school district but can't vote for either city council members or school board members.
A large group of citizens live in a separate city school district and are taxed by the school district but not allowed to vote for either school board members or the people who appoint them (city council).
Only two districts in the state do this. All others allow residents of separate school districts to vote for at large members of a municipal school board to represent the interests of residents who live in the outlying separate school district and being taxed by the district.
Does anyone have any cites for cases on this topic? I posted this here because it seems to me to be a discrimination case, based on unequal treatment between two groups; those school taxpayers who live inside the city limits who are allowed to vote for city council members (who then appoint the school board) and those taxpayers who live outside the city limits, but in the separate school area and are taxed by the city school district but can't vote for either city council members or school board members.
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