{"id":1116,"date":"2026-06-03T09:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:10:25","slug":"new-york-democrats-have-launched-their-latest-push-to-disenfranchise-republican-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1116","title":{"rendered":"New York Democrats have launched their latest push to disenfranchise Republican voters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York Democrats\u2019 latest bid to suppress Republican voters launches this week as the Legislature gets the ball rolling on amending the state Constitution to allow it.<\/p>\n

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They claim they\u2019re just countering GOP gerrymandering across the country, but that prompts the question: Why did they start trying to do this before the ink was even dry on the 2020 Census?<\/p>\n

As we noted recently, New York Dems in fact triggered<\/em> the gerrymander wars with their relentless efforts, starting in 2021, to undo the voter-passed prohibition on gerrymandering so they could draw district maps guaranteed to shut out the Republicans (who still draw over 40% of the statewide vote).<\/p>\n

That year they offered (and lost) three ballot propositions to allow it; practically every year since, they\u2019ve pulled one or another dirty trick to do it anyway \u2014 with some success, though they had to thoroughly politicize the state\u2019s top court to get away with it.<\/p>\n

The latest stunt centers on passing proposed amendments this year and next, and so allow a statewide vote later in 2027, to empower ruthless redistricting for the 2028 federal election.<\/p>\n

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Their changes to the Constitution would:<\/p>\n