The Latest Breaking News from Patrick McAllister

Plans for poorest homes in Bristol to pay more council tax branded 'cruel'

The city council is looking to shave £3m from help to vulnerable households

Bristol Post · Jul 5, 2023

Greens win Bristol by-election race and become largest party on city council

The close-fought battle saw the Greens take the seat by just 26 votes

Bristol Post · Feb 3, 2023

‘Bristol is ready to give us power’: Greens hopeful of win in pivotal byelection

Council election could have national implications if Greens snatch ward from Lib Dems

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023

New York court adopts new congressional, state senate maps

New York enacted new congressional and state senate districts on May 20, 2022, when Justice Patrick McAllister ordered the adoption of maps drawn by redistricting special master Jonathan Cervas. New York was apportioned 26 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, one fewer than it received…

Ballotpedia · May 24, 2022

Editorial: Mapping a fair election: The new congressional and state Senate districts enhance democracy

We thought that the draft maps published last Monday for New York’s congressional and state Senate districts drawn by Carnegie Mellon’s Jonathan Cervas for Acting Steuben County state Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister were excellent, but late Friday night the final maps became even better.

Tribune News Service · May 23, 2022

New York congressional and state Senate maps finalized by upstate court

ALBANY, N.Y. — An upstate judge signed off late Friday on a new set of congressional and state Senate maps drawn up by a court-appointed expert tasked with crafting nonpartisan boundaries.

Tribune News Service · May 21, 2022

Editorial: Defend the law, Justice McAllister: All district lines must be redrawn, and primaries consolidated in August

We keep writing about Acting Steuben County state Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister because he is the honest upstate judge who is handling the litigation over New York’s decennial redistricting, which the Legislature’s Democratic supermajority and Gov. Kathy Hochul enacted in violation of the state Constitution, before the Independent Redistricting…

Tribune News Service · May 11, 2022

NY voters, lawyers make final arguments as ‘special master’ set to redraw state election maps

ALBANY, N.Y. — The independent expert in charge of drawing up New York’s congressional and state Senate district maps has his work cut out for him.

Tribune News Service · May 6, 2022

Judge slams Democratic-backed lawsuit to keep scrapped NY congressional maps as ‘Hail Mary’

ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal judge on Wednesday denied a Democratic-backed injunction attempting to force the state of New York to move ahead with a June congressional primary using district maps scrapped last week by the state’s highest court.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022

Ballot Bulletin: New York Court of Appeals overturns congressional, state Senate district maps

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue:

Ballotpedia · May 4, 2022