A New York state trial court will consider a lawsuit on May 10 that argues the lower house of the legislature, the Assembly, also has unconstitutional districts. See this story. The U.S. House and State Senate districts have already been struck down by state courts.
On May 2, some New York voters filed a federal lawsuit, asking the federal court to use the U.S. House district boundaries that the highest State Court recently declared to violate the State Constitution. De Gaudenar v Kosinski, s.d., 1:22cv-3534. Here is the Complaint. It says that some years ago, another federal court ordered the state to hold its congressional primary in June, not September, because federal law requires overseas absentee ballots to be mailed at least 45 days before any primary or election.
Of course, New York can hold an August primary and there is still time to mail the overseas ballots. Some states still hold congressional primaries in early September, and they manage to comply with the federal law. Thanks to PoliticalWire for this news.
On May 2, the New York legislature passed S8949, which lets indicted or convicted candidates withdraw from the ballot. This will allow New York’s former Lieutenant Governor to remove his name from the June primary ballot.
The bill had been introduced on April 29. This is an example of how fast the New York legislature can pass a bill, when it wants to. The bill takes effect immediately.
On April 27, the Vermont legislature passed HB 744, which lets Burlington use ranked choice voting for its own elections. The voters of Burlington had passed the ballot measure in March this year, for ranked choice voting. But the measure couldn’t be implemented until the legislature approved the idea.
Ballot Access News
April 2022 – Volume 37, Number 11
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