The New York State Supreme Court in Orange County overturned the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, a law Democrats were leveraging to take control of local governments and further a pro-illegal-immigration agenda.
The legislation, which was signed into law in 2022, would in part force municipalities to obtain pre-clearance before making changes to how they conduct their voting systems. According to Spectrum News 1, “local governments or school districts with a record of discrimination in New York” were subject to the new pre-clearance rules.
But the legislation was also being used by some to sue towns for how they currently conduct their elections.
The town of Newburgh uses an “at-large” voting system, which means all voters can vote for all the members of the town board, rather than each seat being chosen by voters of a select district. But six black and Hispanic residents sued the town and the town board in January, arguing that the current system inhibits their ability to elect a candidate of their choice. According to the ruling, the complaint claimed that as of........