Latest in voting rights

Democratic lawmakers said they chose not to reconvene the bipartisan Washington State Redistricting Commission after a judicial ruling for a new map.

The Legislature can either regroup the redistricting commission — an unprecedented move that some say is unlikely — or pass the task to a federal court.

The court decided the voting rights law to be constitutional and that Latino voters had standing when pursuing a case against Franklin County.

This case is the latest in a series of state and federal lawsuits seeking to address Latino voter dilution in Central Washington.