Judge Patrick McAllister of Steuben County is overseeing the redrawing of congressional maps and state Senate maps after they were struck down as unlawful.
to order the redrawing of the New York State Assembly district lines as untimely. New York Young Republican leader Gavin Wax and Albany area activist Gary Greenberg sought to intervene in the case to try to have the new Assembly maps thrown out as well.But he said there is nothing that stops Wax and Greenberg to file a separate lawsuit independent from the current redistricting case.
The judge on Wednesday rejected an 11th-hour bid to order the redrawing of the New York State Assembly district lines as untimelyBut the Republican plaintiffs in the case never questioned the Assembly lines and therefore those maps were not part of the case. The judge said the new House and state Senate maps have to be redrawn by May 20 in order to meet all procedural and ballot requirements to hold primary elections on Aug. 23.
McAllister said allowing the intervention to redo the Assembly maps would blow up the whole timetable and jeopardize the ability to hold the congressional and Senate primaries in a lawful manner.The state’s top court — the Court of Appeals — struck down the Congressional and Senate seats as unconstitutional.
In a 4-3 decision, the court struck down the Democratic-drawn Congressional lines for illegal partisan gerrymandering. CriticsThe Senate maps were also struck down on procedural grounds.Gary Greenberg said he was reviewing the decision.
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