New York’s State Voting Rights Law Upheld by Appellate Court (1)

New York can enforce its law banning voter dilution, suppression, intimidation, and obstruction, a Brooklyn appellate court ruled Thursday.

The New York Supreme Court Second Appellate Department overturned a lower court order that found the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, which makes it easier to sue town governments over voting rights violations, is unconstitutional.

Presiding Justice Hector D. LaSalle, writing on behalf of the court, agreed with the attorney general and six voters that the law doesn’t favor one race over the other in violation of the US Constitution. It “should be construed as allowing members of all racial ...