A divided Lee County Commission Tuesday night voted not to put the issue of single-member districts before voters this fall.

The vote could spark a lawsuit from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which promised to sue over the issue in federal court.

“Tomorrow I’ll call our national office and I’ll call the ACLU about an injunction against the commissioners for depriving the citizens of Lee County of the right to vote,” said Willie Green, president of the Lee County NAACP chapter.

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