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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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.
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.
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.
New York Court Largely Upholds Absentee Voting Law Despite Republican Challenge
A New York law that aims to simplify the absentee ballot counting process will largely stand after a Republican challenge to the law was mostly dismissed earlier today.
New York Appellate Court To Hear GOP Challenge to Mail-In Voting Law
Next week, a New York appellate court will hear a Republican challenge to the state’s new no-excuse mail-in voting law, the New York Early Mail Voter Act.
New York Court Dismisses Voting Machine Challenge
Today, a New York court dismissed a challenge to the New York State Board of Elections’ approval of a touch screen voting machine, the ExpressVote XL.
New York Attorney General Announces Settlement With 2020 Robocall Perpetrators
Right-wing conspiracy theorists who launched a robocall scheme targeting Black voters during the 2020 election could have to pay up to $1.25 million for their wrongdoing, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) announced today.
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.