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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.
On Thursday, Nov. 3, a New York judge granted a request by the League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Valley, a Vassar College professor and a Vassar College student to establish an on-campus polling site at Vassar College for the upcoming Nov. 8 midterm elections.
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, a New York state court rejected two Republican lawsuits challenging two absentee voting laws.
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, the League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Valley and others filed a lawsuit over the lack of a polling place on or near Vassar College’s campus.
On Thursday, Oct. 27, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), and others filed a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel Albany county to process absentee ballots for counting on Oct. 28.
On Friday, Oct. 21, a New York judge issued a ruling in Amedure v. New York, a Republican lawsuit challenging two absentee voting laws in the state.
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Democratic groups filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by multiple conservative groups challenging two New York absentee voting laws.
On Thursday, Sept. 29, eleven Republican plaintiffs filed a lawsuit challenging two New York absentee voting laws.
On Monday, Aug. 29, the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) — a conservative legal organization — filed a lawsuit on behalf of voters challenging New York City’s noncitizen voting law.
On Wednesday, July 13, a federal court issued a decision expanding absentee voting notice and cure procedures in New York.