state redistricting

Grant Reeher casts blame on the ineffective independent redistrict commission and democrats in the legislature for creating the uncertainty so close to the primaries.

It’s now clear which congressional districts Central New York voters will be in after a judge gave final approval to the redrawn maps over the weekend. A special master was charged per court order to redraw the maps. He drew the new 22nd district to include Onondaga, Madison, and Oneida counties.

The neutral, court-ordered special master has released a newly drawn congressional district map for the state, which has significant implications for the 22nd district that includes Onondaga County.

New York voters will likely end up going to the polls three times this year, now that the state’s highest court has thrown out new district lines for Congressional and state Senate seats, and delayed some primaries originally scheduled for June.

Election maps and calendars in the Empire State have been turned upside down. What does this mean for Onondaga County voters and its board of elections?

The court upheld lower court rulings that determined that democrats, who hold supermajorities in both houses of the legislature, deliberately gerrymandered the districts to favor candidates in their party.

It’s probably no surprise that Onondaga County’s two elections commissioners have different opinions about the new state redistricting maps approved Wednesday by lawmakers. The governor is expected to sign them into law by week’s end.

The New York State Legislature is poised to vote Wednesday on new congressional district lines drawn by Democrats who hold power in both houses. Democrats are defending the new configurations, which could result in their party having the voter advantage in half of the state’s eight Republican-held districts.

The state’s Independent Redistricting Commission is trying to come up with a set of new proposed maps for congressional and state Senate and Assembly districts, after it failed to reach agreement earlier this month.

A commission designed to independently draw new statewide congressional and legislative districts based on the 2020 census data succumbed to politics Monday when members divided along party lines and presented two opposing plans to the state Legislature.