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On Wednesday, Aug. 30, the New York State Board of Elections released a statement warning voters to be aware of individuals across the state impersonating county board of elections staff.
On Tuesday, July 25, Republican intervenors in a lawsuit challenging New York’s congressional map appealed a decision that requires the New York Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to reconvene and submit a new congressional map to the Legislature.
On Thursday, July 13, an appellate state court ordered New York’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to redraw the state’s congressional map.
On Wednesday, June 21, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to confirm President Joe Biden’s 100th federal district court judge nominee, Natasha Merle.
On Wednesday, June 14, the U.S. Senate confirmed voting rights lawyer Dale Ho to a lifetime appointment as a judge on the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
On Friday, June 9, before concluding its legislative session, the New York Legislature passed Senate Bill 7394, a bill that would permit any voter to vote by mail during the early voting period.
On Thursday, April 20, the New York Court of Appeals (the state’s highest court) dismissed an appeal of a lawsuit challenging New York’s state Assembly map drawn with 2020 census data.
On Thursday, April 20, New York’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) voted 9-1 to pass a new state Assembly map. The map will now go to the Legislature for approval.
On Tuesday, April 18, the New York Senate voted 40-19 to confirm Judge Rowan Wilson as the chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals (the state’s highest court).
On Wednesday, March 8, a federal judge ruled that a robocall operation led by two conspiracy theorists ahead of the 2020 election violated Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1870, the Civil Rights Act and New York civil rights laws.