| The overall objective of the political access program is to enhance Latino influence in the political process by ensuring meaningful participation. This program encompasses: voter registration ballot access issues methods for electing governing bodies the counting of populations for reapportionment MALDEF's litigation and advocacy is aimed at preventing the dilution of Latino votes, whether through at-large elections, practices designed to restrict ease of registration, restructuring of districts to reduce the clout of a particular group (i.e. gerrymandering), use of census data in a way that undercounts Latinos among others. |
