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The New York State Board of Elections is a bipartisan agency of the New York state government within the New York State Executive Department responsible for enforcement and administration of election-related laws. [1] [2] It also regulates campaign finance disclosure and limitations through its "fair campaign code". [1] [3]
N.Y. State Bd. of Elections v. Lopez Torres, 552 U.S. 196 (2008), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court that involved a constitutional challenge brought against New York State's judicial election law, alleging that it unfairly prevented candidates from obtaining access to the ballot.
The 2025 New York's 21st congressional district special election is an expected special election to choose a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The seat is expected to become vacant as Republican incumbent Elise Stefanik was chosen by president Donald Trump to be his nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. [1]
In a 1936 referendum, voters in New York City voted in favour of the adoption of the single transferable vote method of proportional representation. The adoption of STV produced more balanced representation. In the election immediately preceding STV's adoption, the Democrats won 95.3% of the seats on the Board of Aldermen with only 66.5% of the ...
Districts for this election were redrawn pursuant to court order in Nichols v. Hochul, [1] though the lines passed by the Independent Redistricting Commission and the state legislature on April 28, 2023, were nearly identical to the 2022 districts. [2] Democrats have held a majority in the New York State Assembly since 1975.
Thomas Humbach, of West Nyack, has been the Rockland county attorney for 10 years, and says the diversity of legal matters he has faced in the role make him particularly suited for being a trial ...
The Board of Elections determination held that Sundwall was 690 signatures short of the 3500 required by New York State election law. [7] Sundwall's campaign challenged the New York Board of Elections in Federal District Court on October 10, 2006.
In principle, county committee members select the county committee chair, but in New York City the practice is that the district leaders control the choice. [18] Judicial nominating conventions, which nominate New York Supreme Court justices, are composed of judicial delegates elected from assembly districts within the judicial district. [9]