This week: N.Y.C. Open Primaries Supported by Adams Charter Commission; Unite NY Submits Open Primaries Question for 2027 N.Y.C. Ballot; Buffalo Commission Rejects Election Reform Efforts; N.Y.’s Challenging Redistricting Amendment; Maryland Legislature to Meet in August on Congressional Redistricting; Federal Court Reverses Voting Rights Act Decision; Around The Nation
This week: Early Voting Law Challenge Proceeds in Federal Court; Plurality of Voters Say Redistricting Amendment is Bad for New York; Congressman Suozzi Hosts Veteran N.Y. Special Masters & Mapper in Meeting With Problem Solvers Caucus; Democrats’ Redistricting Power Grab Must Be Stopped — And The Job Will Likely Be Up To Voters; Callais Comes to County Government; Around the Nation
Happy Fourth of July! The Update Will not Publish Next Week. See you back … <Read More>
This week: Early Voting Law Challenge Proceeds in Federal Court; State Redistricting Commission Meets to Approve Budget; Chairs Comment on New Redistricting Amendment; Wice on New Redistricting Amendment (NY Daily News); Census Watchdog Flags Risks to 2030 Census; Voting Rights Act Preclearance; Around the Nation
This week: Early Voting Law Challenge Proceeds in Federal Court; N.Y.C. Campaign Finance Board Actions; Court Expels Twenty Working Families Party Members from Party; Voters Should Mail Completed Ballots Early Following USPS Postmark Changes; Nassau GOP Removes Doctored Photo of N.Y.C. Mayor Mamdani with Local Democratic Candidate; Voting Rights Act Preclearance; Around the Nation
This week:
New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting Advances; Reapportionment vs. Redistricting- What’s the Difference?; CUNY Mapping Service Updates Online Maps; Menin Appoints Wice to NYC Campaign Finance Board; Working Families Party Challenges Candidates; Even Year Election Voting for Cities Amendment Passed by Legislature; New Judicial Districts Legislation Passed by Legislature; Election Law Reforms Passed by Legislature; Voting Rights Act Preclearance; SCOTUS Allows Alabama to Use Map with One Minority District; Around the Nation
REDISTRICTING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
New Redistricting Constitutional Amendment Introduced
What’s Next For New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting- And Beyond?
Late Monday night on June 1st, Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins introduced a constitutional amendment (S.10637/A.11553) to amend the state constitution’s redistricting sections. The amendment is expected to be voted on by the Senate and Assembly on Thursday, June 4th before the chambers adjourn the regular 2026 session.
If approved, the new legislature … <Read More>