African-American and Latino political organizers, including local civil rights leaders and students from the University of North Georgia, have rallied in recent months to call for replacing Gainesville’s current at-large electoral system with a district voting process. Proponents believe district voting is more equitable and will ensure minority candidates are elected to the City Council because only voters in a particular geographic area would be allowed to select a candidate to represent their ward. That is the same system used to elect members to the city school board and Hall County Board of Commissioners.