New York Attorney General Letitia James has made a name for herself as a crusading legal firebrand against conservative causes in general and former President Donald Trump in particular.
And yet, few seemed to notice in 2022 when a piece of legislation was slated to take effect just months before this presidential election that would give James what one election attorney called “unprecedented power” in an Op-Ed written earlier this week.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has made a name for herself as a crusading legal firebrand against conservative causes in general and former President Donald Trump in particular.
In other words: Get ready for a bumpy ride, New Yorkers, particularly if you live in a swing congressional district.
However, due to the preclearance regulations, the attorney general who sued both the National Rifle Association and Trump Organization for blatantly political reasons is allowed “unprecedented power over election processes in some of the most hotly contested congressional districts in the nation, including those on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley,” Burns said.
Part of that legislation involves requiring preclearance from the attorney general or a court specifically enabled to make decisions under the law if it makes certain changes to the election process.
“More troubling, the law includes a provision that allows the AG to expand the list of local election board functions that will require preclearance.” In New York state, the elections are generally administered by bipartisan boards in which both major parties are represented equally.
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