Fortune will go on a limb to predict he will cast the deciding vote in a 5 - 4 ruling in Gill v. Whitford that will declare the
redrawing of election districts for political purposes to be unconstitutional.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave his vital support to Cuomo's effort to cut spending, establish a 2 percent cap on the growth of property taxes, enact nonpartisan redistricting
of election districts for the next 10 years so majority parties don't protect their power, and other key proposals.
Masterpole led Republican Steve Kimatian 57 percent to 43 percent, holding onto more than a 2,012 vote lead in unofficial results, with 99 percent
of the election districts reporting.
When asked by Post City Hall bureau chief David Seifman whether he considered Rangel's win «honest,» Espaillat said he expected other groups to continue looking into «things [that] happened on the 26th, you know, from the
changing of election district numbers, to some change in poll sites to perhaps a lack of proper notification to voters and a bunch of other things.»
Only the
residents of election District 10 will continue to vote at the school, while others will now have to go to either the middle school or the community center, which will serve as a polling site for the first time.
Republican nominee Joe Lhota bested de Blasio in 2013 by as much as 30 % in
parts of Election District 73, where the Massey campaign event took place.
Political clubs are different and letter writer Ricky Martinez acknowledges this when he says, «Yes, with the demise of the Decatur Democratic Club and the past two
gerrymanders of the election districts, your entire circulation area has lost some of its political effectiveness.»
There shall be a Campaign Committee which shall
consist of Election District Captains and other personnel at the discretion of the Chairperson of the Campaign Committee, subject to the disapproval of the Executive Committee.
Peralta said the bill has been introduced into the Senate and is going to committee, although he expects the measure will not progress until the redistricting
process of election districts is complete.
In Ramapo, he narrowly won the Village of Sloatsburg and surrounding areas with 51 % of the vote, but elsewhere in the town, won only a
handful of election districts.
By tweaking the
borders of those election districts, but not changing a single vote, Mattingly's maps show candidates from the Democratic Party winning six, seven or even eight seats in the race.
He didn't mention two of the most controversial issues facing the Legislature: Independent
redrawing of election districts that could threaten the Republicans» slim majority in the Senate, and the regulation of «hydrofracking» for natural gas upstate that concerns the Assembly Democrats and environmental groups.
«The information we've received shows different numbers now than on election night in 38 percent
of election districts,» said Bishop spokesperson Jon Schneider.
* Returns for 38 %
of election districts changed between Election night and Friday - yes, 38 %!