Pizza and long lines: Arizona voters waited into wee hours

Pizza and long lines: Arizona voters waited into wee hours

PHOENIX (AP) — Gustavo Mendez waited four hours to vote in Arizona's presidential primary, marking his ballot just as poll workers brought out food for people stuck in line way past dark.

The 25-year-old looked forward to voting for Sen. Bernie Sanders, bringing his former girlfriend, who carried their young daughter, and a friend to line up at a west Phoenix church around 6 p.m. March 22.

Supreme Court bolsters political influence of US Latinos
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Supreme Court bolsters political influence of US Latinos

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court unanimously endorsed election maps that bolster the growing political influence of America's Latinos on Monday, ruling that states can count everyone, not just eligible voters, in drawing voting districts.

The decision rejected a challenge from Texas voters that also could have diluted the voting power of urban Democrats, to the benefit of rural Republicans.

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