New York would make it easier to sue over discriminatory voting policies and require localities with a history of civil right violations to get approval before changing election rules.
A spokesperson for Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said she will review the legislation. This year, Hochul has called for this type of state-level Voting Rights Act to protect voters of different races and languages.
Communities where minority New Yorkers have disproportionately high arrest rates could also need permission to change election rules. Democrats and civil rights leaders have said Republican-led states are passing laws making it more difficult for Black Americans and others to vote by consolidating polling locations, requiring certain types of identification and ordering other changes.
Bill sponsors Sen. Zellnor Myrie and Assemblymember Latrice Walker, both Democrats from New York City, said the state’s record on voting has improved but still needs work.
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