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Two lawsuits that alleged Nassau County's 19-district legislative map violated federal and state voting laws settled with a court approval of a new map to replace one adopted in February 2023.
A contingent of civil rights advocates and progressive groups have filed suit against Nassau County and its GOP-controlled legislature, arguing that its redrawn legislative map violates state ...
“Republican lawmakers drew a map to provide them political advantages while disenfranchising communities of color throughout the county,” New York State and Nassau County Democratic Committee ...
NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y.-- Nassau County Democrats are suing to overturn newly-redrawn legislative maps they say unfairly ... with all applicable federal and state redistricting laws," said Nassau ...
And the lawsuit against the Nassau County Legislature's map is breaking new legal ground in state courts, according to Ruth Greenwood, an expert on state voting rights acts, who directs Harvard ...
Nassau County will replace that discriminatory map with a politically fair map that includes six districts in which Black, Latino, and Asian residents constitute a majority of eligible voters, with an ...
On Jan. 17 the Nassau County Legislature Rules Committee ... Both the 2013 map, as well as any similarly adopted map, violates the Federal and State Voting Rights Acts, as well as the Municipal ...
Democrats and Republicans revealed their versions of potential redistricting maps for Nassau County on Thursday ... I don't believe their minority district have been in 50% Black population.