New York’s highest court on Tuesday ordered the state to draw new congressional districts ahead of the 2024 elections, giving Democrats a potential advantage in what is expected to be a battleground for control of the U.S. House.
The 4-3 decision from the New York Court of Appeals could have major ramifications as Democrats angle for more favorable district lines in the state next year. Republicans, who won control of the House after flipping seats in New York, sought to keep the map in place.
The state’s bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission will now be tasked with coming up with new districts, which will then go before the Democrat-controlled Legislature for approval. The court ordered the commission to file a map no later than Feb. 28, 2024.
“In 2014, the voters of New York amended our Constitution to provide that legislative districts be drawn by an Independent Redistricting Commission,” the decision reads. “The Constitution demands that process, not districts drawn by courts.”
(AP)
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So the democrats want to disenfranchise millions of New York State voters! The corrupt democrats are always shouting from the rooftops about voters rights, and here they are the ones stripping those rights away from the voters. The election process in NYS is a total farce and joke. The voters are worthless sheeple. All so-called “elected” officials, in all branches of NYS governance, were installed by the powers that be, a handful of wealthy white elitist pigs. We voters truly have no say. There is no point in voting. The decision is predetermined. The corruption stinks to high heaven.