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HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) - The city has agreed to pay $150,000 to 15 people who claimed they were victims of polling-place discrimination because of their ethnicity, a lawyer said Wednesday.
The plaintiffs — U.S. citizens born in Bangladesh and Yemen — sued in 2002, alleging poll workers questioned their citizenship and required them to take oaths when they attempted to vote in the 1999 general election. The city clerk did nothing to stop the challenges, said David Nacht, a lawyer for the voters.
Following the election, the U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation and the city agreed to revamp its election procedures. The department continues to send monitors to Hamtramck elections.
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