New York’s Highest Court Upholds Law Expanding Mail-in Voting, Rejects GOP Challenge
New York’s highest court today upheld the state’s newly enacted Early Mail Voter Act, rejecting GOP claims that the law is unconstitutional.
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New York Governor Signs Several Voting Rights Laws Ahead of 2024 Election
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed seven bills into law last week that expand ballot access on the anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
New York Appeals Court Will Review Republican Challenge to Absentee Voting Law
A court will hear arguments in a Republican-led challenge to a New York election law aimed at streamlining the process of counting absentee ballots.
DC Court Suspends Giuliani From Practicing Law Amid 2020 Disciplinary Case
Former Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is again suspended from practicing law in Washington, D.C. while a disciplinary case over his falsehoods about voter fraud in the 2020 election proceeds against him.
Ocasio-Cortez’s Impeachment Case Will Fail — Here’s Why It Still Matters
As the dust settles on a hugely impactful term from the U.S. Supreme Court, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pursuing an effort to remove conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas from the bench.
New York Attorney General Steps in To Defend State Voting Rights Act in Local Redistricting Suit
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is stepping into a local redistricting lawsuit to defend the New York Voting Rights Act (NYVRA), a state law that protects minority voters and prohibits vote dilution at the local level.
Trump’s New York Sentencing Postponed in Wake of Supreme Court Immunity Decision
A New York judge postponed the July sentencing for former President Donald Trump’s conviction on business fraud charges in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani Disbarred in State Over Election Lies
Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is barred from practicing law in New York for repeatedly lying about widespread voter fraud in his efforts to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election — the most severe professional punishment to date for the man once known as “America’s mayor.”
Republicans Ask New York High Court To Review Mail-In Voting Expansion
A little over a month before the state’s rapidly approaching June 25 primary, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R) and other Republicans are asking New York’s highest court to overturn the state’s universal early mail-in voting law, which permits all voters to vote by mail during the early voting period.
New York Appellate Court Rejects GOP Challenge to Mail-In Voting Expansion
A New York court has once again rejected a Republican challenge to the state’s universal early mail-in voting law, which permits all voters to vote by mail during the early voting period.