A New York appeals court on Jan. 30 upheld a state law aimed at protecting the voting rights of minorities, reversing a lower court decision.
Plaintiffs in the case failed to establish that New York’s Voting Rights Act of 2022 harmed their constitutional rights, judges in the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court said in the ruling.
The Voting Rights Act created a path for voters to challenge at-large elections on racial or ethnic grounds and required the attorney general to help enforce voting rights.
Orange County state court Justice Maria Vazquez-Doles ruled in 2024 that the law violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. That clause states, “No State shall … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”…