Editing Eastpointe, Michigan (section)

===Discrimination lawsuit===
After a racial discrimination lawsuit was brought against the city regarding its election of all city council members through [[Plurality-at-large voting]], alleging that the plurality-at-large system discriminated against African-American voters and violated Section 2 of the [[Voting Rights Act]], the city settled the lawsuit with the [[United States Department of Justice]] in June 2019 by agreeing to switch to [[single transferable vote]] for the at-large election of city council members for the November 2019 municipal election.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-reaches-agreement-city-eastpointe-michigan-under-voting-rights-act Justice Department Reaches Agreement with City of Eastpointe, Michigan, Under the Voting Rights Act]</ref><ref>[https://www.fairvote.org/_eastpointe_michigan_to_become_first_in_state_to_implement_ranked_choice_voting Eastpointe, Michigan to become first in state to implement ranked choice voting]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofeastpointe.net/vertical/sites/%7B7C4055DF-73E1-4D03-A393-4A1D90A24F1D%7D/uploads/Ranked_Choice_Voting_for_Eastpointe_press_release.pdf |title=City of Eastpointe to Become First Michigan City to Implement Ranked-Choice Voting |access-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-date=August 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822210303/https://www.cityofeastpointe.net/vertical/sites/%7B7C4055DF-73E1-4D03-A393-4A1D90A24F1D%7D/uploads/Ranked_Choice_Voting_for_Eastpointe_press_release.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Beginning with the November 2019 election, [[Ranked voting|ranked choice voting]] was used on the city council ballot, making Eastpointe the first municipality in Michigan to adopt ranked choice voting.<ref>[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2019/11/03/eastpointe-ranked-choice-voting-michigan-first/40538173/ Eastpointe to make Michigan history with ranked-choice voting]</ref>