By Jeff Wice & Alexis Marking
This week- Nassau County Legislative Map Trial Gets Underway, NYS Voting Rights Act Appeal
N.Y. VOTING RIGHTS ACT LITIGATION
Nassau County Legislature: Coads et al. v. Nassau County & NY Communities for Change (NYCC) v. Nassau County
A trial gets underway tomorrow where the most serious challenge to Nassau County’s legislative maps since 1994 gets underway in White Plains. The case was removed from Nassau to Westchester County … <Read More>
By Jeff Wice & Alexis Marking
This week- New York Population Loss Projections, NY Voting Rights Appeal, Plattsburgh Redistricts
CENSUS
New York’s Population May Decrease by 2 Million People by 2050
A recent analysis released by the Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy’s Program on Applied Demographics (PAD) indicated that the state’s New York population could shrink “by more than 2 million people over the next 25 years – a … <Read More>
This week- NYS Voting Rights Challenges, Court of Appeals on Absentee Voting, What Happens After the Polls Close?, Summary of Ballot Proposals, Around the Nation- SCOTUS on VA & PA Voting
by Jeff Wice, Alexis Marking, Jennifer Hutz & Jordan Karpoff
N.Y. VOTING RIGHTS ACT LITIGATION
Orange County: Clarke et al. v. Town of Newburgh
This is an ongoing NYVRA action in a challenge filed by Black and Hispanic voters against the Town of Newburgh.… <Read More>
By Jennifer Hutz
Especially since the 2020 elections, national attention has focused on what happens after the polls close on Election Day. The mundane and straightforward task of counting ballots has become a hot button issue as an increased number of public officials have attempted to delay or deny certification of the ballot count. Although media attention has heightened following efforts to challenge the 2020 results, attempts to delay certification have been happening since the … <Read More>
By Hussein Ahmed
In August, an Albany state supreme court judge ordered that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. be removed from the state’s ballot as a presidential candidate. The court ruled that Kennedy’s nominating petition included the “wrong address” for his “residence” under New York law. Earlier in the year, Kennedy’s supporters circulated petitions to place his name on the presidential ballot in New York. Kennedy subsequently dropped out of the national race for president … <Read More>
by Jeff Wice & Alexis Marking
N.Y. VOTING RIGHTS ACT LITIGATION
Erie County: Young v. Town of Cheektowaga
In March, one-time Town Board candidate Kenneth Young filed a lawsuit against the Town of Cheektowaga, alleging racially polarized voting and violations of the New York Voting Rights Act (NYVRA) in the Cheektowaga Town Board elections. Young claims that minority voters cannot elect candidates of their choice under the town’s current at-large voting method and … <Read More>