Granada, MS, citizens seek injunction to stop malapportioned election
BULLETIN: US District Judge Glen Davidson has refused to issue an injunction stopping Monday's election [in Granada, Miss.]. A hearing date on the case will be set at a later time.
A lawsuit was filed late yesterday in Federal Court in Oxford [Mississippi] to delay the May 3 city election until new ward lines can be drawn based on the official 2000 census.
Oxford Attorney David O'Donnell filed the case on behalf of seven Grenadians who represent a larger group which was organized to try to get voting rights for citizens annexed by the city. ...
The suit charges that the city is planning a city council election based on 1990 census ward lines rather than ward lines drawn according to the official U.S. Government 2000 Census. ...
Informed sources say ward line deviations are off 36.6% under the current (2004) election plan. -- Citizens seek election delay (Granada Daily Sentinel Star)
Does anyone know why the plaintiffs waited to so near the election before filing suit?