NY elections to proceed as judge weighs gerrymandering suit
New York’s 2022 federal and state elections will proceed as a state court weighs the constitutionality of congressional and state Senate district maps passed by the Democratic-led Legislature this year but accused by a group of voters as being biased, a state judge said Thursday.
The judge heard arguments in the town of Bath in Steuben County over a lawsuit launched by the voters in Republican-friendly communities who want to block the maps.
Steuben County Judge Patrick McAllister said he isn’t inclined to halt New York’s election process by striking down those maps because it’s “highly unlikely” new maps could be redrawn in coming weeks in time for June primaries and November general elections.