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13 Jul

Appellate Court orders redrawing of New York’s congressional lines ahead of 2024 elections

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ALBANY — A state appellate court on Thursday ruled that New York’s redistricting commission should redraw congressional lines ahead of the 2024 election, a victory for the state Democratic Party. The Appellate Division ruled 3-2 in favor of redrawing the lines, but the case is expected to be appealed to the state Court of Appeals, the state’s top court. John Faso, a former Republican congressman who now works for the state GOP, signaled as much in a statement reacting to the ruling. “We remain confident the Court of Appeals will uphold the decision in Harkenrider v. Hochul — that the…

03 Nov

Election 2021: 3 state propositions fail by wide margins locally

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CAPITAL REGION — Local voters in Albany, Schenectady, Montgomery, Fulton and Schoharie counties joined with the majority of statewide voters in rejecting three state ballot propositions pertaining to changing voting rights and redistricting rules on Tuesday.Most of the county-level votes on the propositions were not close, with only voters in Albany County ever voting more than 40% approval for any of the three.Locally the most popular of the three failed propositions, and the one with the least complicated provisions was Prop. 4, "Authorizing No-Excuse Absentee Ballot Voting," which would have deleted from state law the current requirement that an absentee…