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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Philip Marcelo

New York county agrees to redraw voting lines that lawsuit said disenfranchised residents of color

Voting Rights New York - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.

Nassau County reached a settlement Thursday in which the suburban region, located just east of New York City borough of Queens, would create six voting districts in which Black, Latino and Asian residents constitute a majority of eligible voters.

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