This week: N.Y.C. Open Primaries Challenge Moves Ahead in State Court; US Loses Challenge Seeking NY Voter Lists; New Law Gives New York State Legislature the Ability to Write Ballot Language for Referenda on Constitutional Amendments; Citizens Budget Commission Looks at New York’s Population; Around The Nation
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
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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