[Podcast] Top 5 Takeaways from New Jersey’s 2023 Pay-to-Play Reform
[WEBINAR] "Walking the Line" - Public Agencies', Officials' and Employees' Roles in Local Elections
In this special episode, Akin Supreme Court and appellate practice head Pratik Shah and partner Aileen McGrath look back at the tumultuous 2022 Supreme Court Term....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in recess this week. Once they return, they will continue their work on FY22 appropriations, the reconciliation bill, election reform,...more
Less than a year after expanding its Election Law, New York State returns to its prior requirement that employers provide employees with two hours of paid voting leave....more
As we previously reported, last year, New York State expanded its election leave law to allow employees more paid time off if needed in order to vote on Election Day (increasing the paid time off from two to three hours). ...more
Before 2019, the New York State Election Law required employers to give employees two hours of paid time off to vote, but only if the employees did not have at least four consecutive hours off work while the polls were open....more
Effective immediately, the New York Election Law has been amended to provide employees in New York with up to three hours of paid time off to vote in any election....more
Earlier this month, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an amendment to New York State Election Law that will grant registered voters up to three hours of paid time off to vote in public elections. The State Legislature passed...more
On April 1, 2019, New York State passed its 2019?2020 budget with an amended Election Law §3-110, which provides employees with time off to vote. Effective immediately, all employers must provide New York employees who are...more
On June 29, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistrict Commission, No. 13-1314, holding that a State legislature has standing to challenge a State constitutional amendment...more
This morning in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (“IRC”). The U.S....more
Voting-rights activists sue Debra Bowen claiming mass exclusions by The Sacramento Bee - February 4 – Voting-rights advocates sued Secretary of State Debra Bowen for voter disenfranchisement on Tuesday, claiming she...more