Gavilan College trustees have supported making changes to the way voters elect them.
Community college district trustees voted 7-0 at last week’s board meeting in support of changes and hope to have seven voting districts in place by the November 2016 election, Trustee Walt Glines confirmed by email. Currently, voters elect three trustees at-large from the Hollister area, two from Gilroy and two from Morgan Hill.
Gavilan officials are making the move in response to the California Voting Rights Act requiring fair representation of all protected minority communities. There have been similar cases locally.
The San Benito Health Care District in late March voted in favor of moving to voting districts—and away from an at-large process—largely duplicating the geographic makeup of San Benito County board districts.
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