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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.
On Wednesday, Feb. 15, the New York Senate voted 39-20 to reject Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) nominee, Hector LaSalle, for chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals (the state’s highest court).
On Monday, Jan. 9, New York Democrats announced that they were moving several pro-voting reforms through the state Senate.
On Monday, Jan. 9, the New York Senate approved Senate Bill 616, which would effectively rescind an out-of-date ban on providing food and water for voters waiting at the polls, otherwise known as a line-warming ban.
With the start of the new year, state legislators across the country are reconvening to consider new laws for elections and voting rights.
On Monday, Dec. 12, the New York State Legislature sent Senate Bill 2951 to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) desk for her signature.
On Tuesday, Dec. 6, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed into law S 284, a bill requiring election officials to count provisional ballots cast by eligible voters who voted at the wrong precinct, but within the correct county and assembly district.
On Monday, Nov. 7, a New York appellate court confirmed that an on-campus polling site must be established at Vassar College for the upcoming Nov. 8 midterm elections.