New York Trial To Determine Fate of Ban on Handing Voters Food and Water
Today marks the beginning of a trial that will determine the fate of New York’s ban on passing out food and water to voters waiting in long lines.
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Today marks the beginning of a trial that will determine the fate of New York’s ban on passing out food and water to voters waiting in long lines.
The Democratic majority in the New York Legislature voted today to pass a new congressional map.
The Democratic majority in New York’s state Legislature introduced a new congressional map that they’re hoping to pass as soon as possible.
The Democratic majority in the New York Legislature today voted against adopting a new map for the Empire State’s 26 congressional districts, drawn by the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC).
Last week, a vice president at Bard College in New York sent a letter to college presidents and administrators urging them to take action for more polling places at university and college campuses across the Empire State.
Today, New York’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) voted to pass a new congressional map after the state’s highest court ordered the IRC to draw a new congressional map for 2024.
Long Island voters have filed a New York Voting Rights Act challenge to the Nassau County Legislature’s map, marking the second lawsuit brought under the new state-level voting rights act.
Despite objections from Democratic lawmakers, former President Donald Trump can remain on the New York primary ballot, the state’s Board of Elections declared yesterday.
New York’s new expansive mail-in voting law will stand after a trial court dismissed a Republican challenge to the law earlier today.
Today, a group of five Hispanic voters from Mount Pleasant, New York filed the first lawsuit under the New York Voting Rights Act challenging Mount Pleasant’s at-large system for electing members to the town board.
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