NY Top Court Rejects Attempt to Block Even-Year Election Law

New York’s highest court Thursday unanimously upheld a state law moving county and town elections to even-year cycles.

The Court of Appeals rejected arguments from several Republican-leaning counties and voters who said the law violates the state constitution, which grants local governments the right to set election schedules. That includes holding elections in odd-numbered years that tend to attract fewer voters.

“Nothing in the text of these provisions, or in our jurisprudence, supports that view,” Associate Judge Michael J. Garcia wrote. He later added, “there is no reason to delay application of the statute to the next election cycle.”

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