ALBANY — The New York Voting Rights Act, which sets guardrails for localities ... Legislature three years ago to enact a series of new provisions intended to protect voters.

A state appellate court on Thursday unanimously reinstated New York's John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2022, a law that prohibits "vote dilution" actions by municipalities. In a ruling penned by ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — A New York state court ruled on the state’s voting rights law. They upheld the constitutionality of the New York John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act (NYVRA), reversing an ...

That is why the Voting Rights Act of 1965 continues to hold such an important role in securing and maintaining basic rights for our democracy.

The United States is a democracy, meaning all citizens, with the exception of children and some felons, have the right to vote. The SAVE Act would make it significantly harder for married women, as ...

The law, also known as the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act after the late civil rights activist and Georgia congressman, was approved by the New York State Legislature in 2022. Democrats who ...

The appeals court also said the trial-level judge overstepped her authority in November by striking down New York’s Voting Rights Act of 2022 ... the vote dilution provisions” of the law ...

How challenges to the Voting Rights Act could reshape ... do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act, a decision voting rights advocates say… ...

The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, Second Department, upheld the constitutionality of New York's Voting ...

A bill introduced by a House Republican requiring voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship when they register to ...

“Ms. Bondi has a record of limiting voting rights, baselessly undermining faith in U.S. elections, and encouraging politically motivated prosecutions as an act of vengeance,” the report states.