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:
N.Y. Mid-Decade Redistricting Effort; NYS Campaign Finance Board Appeals Blakeman Funding Decision; NYC Campaign Finance Board on 2025 City Vote; State Senate Election Law Legislation Calendar; Primary Petition Challenges Proceed; New York City Estimated to Have Lost An Estimated 12,196 Residents; Attorney General’s Preclearance Activity; Upcoming Events; Around the Nation (From Redistricting Network)
This week- Blakeman Sues for State Matching Funds; Nassau 4th C.D. Candidate Withdraws; Litigation Updates; State Census Funding On the Table; State Voting Rights Act Preclearance Action; Campaigns Delinquent in State BOE Filings; Around the Nation from @RedistrictNet
By Mark Chiusano
New York City’s gig economy is staggeringly influential by almost every measure. Delivery bikers make close to 3 million takeout dropoffs a week. Ubers and Lyfts dwarf the 14,000 green and yellow taxis on city streets. Roughly 6% of all workers in the five boroughs rely on gig work as their main income, a number that is likely a significant undercount. Their labors have changed consumption patterns and powered restaurants, small … <Read More>
This week- New Congressional Map Challenge; Board of Elections litigation, Stefanik Poll Challenged by Democrats; Register Now for the November 14 Statewide Census Organizing Conference; VRA Preclearance; Newburgh Litigation Explored; Around the Nation: North Carolina, Virginia, Indiana
REDISTRICTING & LITIGATION
Breaking News- New Congressional Lawsuit Challenge Filed Today: Williams et al v. State Board of Elections et al
A complaint was filed in New York County State Supreme Court today asking that the state legislature … <Read More>