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Empire State Democrats have mapped out their plans to rewrite the state constitution to allow for a new congressional map ahead of the 2028 elections that could net the party four additional U.S. House seats.
Democrats are mounting a new counteroffensive to Republican-led gerrymanders following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act — with New York emerging as a key battleground.
An election-denying Republican member of Congress is targeting New York’s voter registration process — demanding records and threatening legal action over familiar, unproven narratives about voter fraud. U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), working with the anti-voting group Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE), sent a formal request to the New York State Board of […]
Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris shares her concerns about the fate of the Voting Rights Act during her talk at the National Action Network convention.
President Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 midterm elections by pushing GOP-controlled states to redraw congressional maps isn’t over yet.
In a blow to voting rights, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday temporarily blocked a New York court order that required the state to redraw its 11th Congressional District.
A New York Appellate Court has ruled that the state’s independent redistricting commission must draw up a new congressional map, after a court struck down* the state’s current 11th Congressional District for diluting the voting power of Black and Latino residents. In a decision Thursday, the court rejected Republicans’ request to pause the lower court’s […]
After a New York court struck down the state’s current 11th Congressional District for diluting the voting power of Black and Latino residents, U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to freeze the decision.
A New York court ruled that the state’s 2024 congressional map illegally diluted the political power of Black and Latino voters*, ordering an immediate redraw that would likely give Democrats another seat in this year’s midterms.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed yet another lawsuit against New Jersey over access to its voter records.
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