An Illinois law that mandates members of the Chicago Board of Education be appointed by the mayor rather than elected by the voters does not run afoul of the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals court held Tuesday.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to revive a lawsuit alleging the system of selecting school board members deprives African-Americans and Latinos of their right to vote on an equal footing with whites.Illinois residents who live outside of Chicago go to the polls to choose the board members in their …