New York county agrees to redraw voting lines that lawsuit said disenfranchised residents of color

[RandySF]

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.

Nassau County reached a settlement Thursday in which the suburban region, located just east of New York City borough of Queens, would create six voting districts in which Black, Latino and Asian residents constitute a majority of eligible voters.

The county’s Republican-controlled legislature approved a voting map in 2023 in which residents of color constituted a majority of eligible voters in just four of the county’s 19 districts.

But the New York Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued in state court, arguing the map diluted the electoral power of residents of color, who make up more than one-third of eligible voters.




https://www.whec.com/national-world/new-york-county-agrees-to-redraw-voting-lines-that-lawsuit-said-disenfranchised-residents-of-color/