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Eastern Shore town elects first Black council members after lawsuit challenging inequitable voting system

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Three months after abandoning a voting system that critics said likely had been outdated and inequitable for decades, the residents of Caroline County’s Federalsburg on Tuesday elected the first two Black council members in the town’s 200-year history. The election — in this hamlet near the Delaware state line where nearly half the 2,800 residents […]

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