NEW YORK STATE:  Court rejects congressional districtingOn Wednesday, the New York Court of App

NEW YORK STATE:  Court rejects congressional districting

On Wednesday, the New York Court of Appeals rejected new congressional maps that had been viewed as favoring Democrats. The court ruled Democratic leaders violated the State Constitution when drawing new congressional and State Senate Districts. Now, a court-appointed special master will draw replacement lines for the critical midterm elections this year. Congressional and state Senate primary elections will likely have to move from June to August, according to the Appeals Court. New York district maps were supposed to have been drawn by an independent commission according to a process passed by voters in 2014. That commission, equally made up of Democrats and Republicans, could not come to an agreement on one set of maps, so the Democratic-controlled legislature created maps and quickly signed them into law, which was followed by a Republican lawsuit.

Source:  American Geographical Society