Haight Partner Greg Rolen Testifies About SB 907 Before the California State Assembly
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Early Returns Podcast - Jan Baran, Jessica Furst Johnson and Jason Torchinsky - Political Lawyers Take a Deeper Dive into 2022 Elections and Look Ahead to 2024
The New York Voting Rights Act‘s (NYVRA) preclearance section takes effect on September 22, 2024. The new rule requires covered jurisdictions to seek “preclearance” of certain covered policy changes to their election and...more
Last Wednesday, the New York State Legislature approved the proposed Congressional maps, and Governor Hochul signed the maps into law. The Assembly approved the maps 115-33, and the Senate approved the maps 45-17, with the...more
IRC Approves New Congressional Maps- New York’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) voted to approve new congressional lines. Small changes have been made to a few upstate districts, but the congressional districts...more
Last Wednesday, the NYC Council convened their final Stated meeting of the year, where they passed and introduced multiple pieces of legislation. The Council passed several policing and criminal justice bills, including a ban...more
Last Thursday, a midlevel New York court ordered the Independent Redistricting Commission to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of new year’s 2024 elections, overturning a lower court’s decision. This represents a...more
Rowan Wilson Confirmed as Chief Judge- Judge Rowan Wilson was confirmed as Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals last Tuesday. Wilson is now the first Black judge to hold this position, and was approved by a...more
New Draft Assembly Map Released- New York State’s Independent Redistricting Commission has voted to move forward with a new draft Assembly map. There are several changes from the map that was used for this year’s elections....more
Last Thursday, the NYC Council convened a stated meeting, where they passed and introduced multiple pieces of legislation. The Council voted to pass the Rat Action Plan, which targets the growing rat problem in NYC....more
NYC Redistricting Maps Rejected- Last Thursday, the New York City Districting Commission voted 8-7 against a new set of proposed City Council maps. The Commission voted no on a plan that would have extended a Staten Island...more
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) recently issued an advisory opinion confirming that New York congressional primary candidates are entitled to a separate contribution limit for the court-ordered August 23, 2022...more