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State Lawmakers Must Step In To Remedy Supreme Court Voting Rights Blunder, Rachel Landy, Jarrett Berg
State Lawmakers Must Step In To Remedy Supreme Court Voting Rights Blunder, Rachel Landy, Jarrett Berg
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This June, a 6-3 Supreme Court decision further eroded the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by upholding an Arizona law that disqualifies ballots cast by voters at any poll site other than the one assigned — an administrative technicality that has been shown to disproportionately impact minority communities in multiple states.
A Way To Guarantee Voting Rights, Rachel Landy, Jarrett Berg
A Way To Guarantee Voting Rights, Rachel Landy, Jarrett Berg
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In 2004, state legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins faced nine-term Republican Nick Spano in a state Senate election. The election was very close, certified in favor of Spano by 18 votes.
A Small Change To Save Thousands Of Votes, Rachel Landy, Jarret Berg
A Small Change To Save Thousands Of Votes, Rachel Landy, Jarret Berg
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In 2004, then-County Legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins faced off against the nine-term incumbent Nick Spano in an election for state Senate. The race was extremely close, certified in Spano’s favor by 18 votes.
Impact Of New York’S “Wrong Church” Ballot Disqualification Rule In The 2020 General Election, Rachel Landy, Jarret Berg
Impact Of New York’S “Wrong Church” Ballot Disqualification Rule In The 2020 General Election, Rachel Landy, Jarret Berg
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In 2020, more than 13,800 New York voters, eager to cast their ballots in the General Election, walked into a polling place and presented themselves to poll workers, who were unable to locate those voters in the poll book, even though they were registered. Poll workers directed them to vote provisionally by affidavit ballot and each did so. However, as officials determined several days later, these voters had all turned out and cast a ballot at a poll site in their county that was different from the one assigned to them, a fatal technical pitfall under New York’s election law. …