BOEs Moving Forward Despite Redistricting Uncertainty
Candidates in New York have until Thursday to turn in petitions to get on the ballot for the upcoming primary elections.
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Candidates in New York have until Thursday to turn in petitions to get on the ballot for the upcoming primary elections.
ALBANY (TNS) — Election officials encouraged candidates in New York to carry on with campaigning Friday as the state appeals an upstate judge’s decision striking down recently drawn congressional and
State Appellate Division Associate Justice Stephen Lindley issued an temporary stay allowing the maps to remain in place for the time being.
The ruling was temporarily stayed Monday as lawyers prepared to argue before an appeals court.
A trial court ruling that declared New York's new congressional and legislative district maps unconstitutional was temporarily stayed by a state appeals court judge Monday. The interim order from state Appellate Division Justice Stephen K. Lindley is in effect until Thursday, when oral arguments in the case are scheduled. Another decision on whether to extend the stay is expected later that day. The order comes four days after a trial court judge in Steuben County threw the state's primary season in turmoil by ruling the state's districts were illegally gerrymandered to benefit ...