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Noncitizens hoping to be enfranchised faced a mixed bag of results in Maryland elections this week, with two cities voting opposite ways on measures that would make progress on the issue.
On Monday, Oct. 2, Democrats on New York’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) released a statement asking for public input on the state’s congressional map.
On Thursday, Sept. 21, the New York attorney general’s office sent a cease-and-desist letter to the group NY Citizens Audit, which is accused of confronting voters at their homes while impersonating state election officials and falsely accusing people of committing voter fraud.
On Wednesday, Sept. 20, the Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), Republican members of New York’s congressional delegation, other GOP officials and voters filed a lawsuit challenging New York’s recently enacted New York Early Mail Voter Act.
On Wednesday, Sept. 20, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a package of 10 bills into law that expand voting rights and promote democracy in the state.
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, the New York Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, declined to unpause a decision that required the New York Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to reconvene and draw a new congressional map.
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.