New York’s recently redrawn congressional and state legislative districts will remain in place for the time being after Democrats won a temporary reprieve, allowing the state’s normal primary process to go forward – at least for now.
The New York state Senate meets in its Chamber on the opening day of the legislative session at the state Capitol in January 2020.The New York state Senate meets in its Chamber on the opening day of the legislative session at the state Capitol in January 2020.New York’s recently redrawn congressional and state legislative districts will remain in place for the time being after Democrats won a temporary reprieve.
The congressional maps would give Democrats an edge in 22 of the state’s 26 districts, based on the voting results from the last presidential elections. The court case could have major national implications, with Democrats hoping to cling to their narrow majority in the House of Representatives this fall.
For state Senate and Assembly maps, he found the Democrat-led state Legislature failed to follow the correct process for drawing the district lines. He ordered the Legislature to come up with maps drawn in a bipartisan fashion by April 11th, and suggested the primary could be pushed back to August. Democrats appealed the ruling within hours.
The state Board of Elections has advised candidates to continue collecting petition signatures based on the current set of maps. Candidates for Congress and state office have to collect a certain number of signatures from registered members of their party to get on the June 28th ballot, in most cases.
“The filing period for designating petitions will remain April 4 to April 7 and all other deadlines provided for by law are still in effect pending further court determinations,” the Board of Elections posted Friday on Twitter. “All designating petitions must be filed during that time period.”
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