FILE - A woman marks her ballot inside of a voting center during early voting in the states' presidential primary election, March 26, 2024, in Freeport, N.Y.
FILE - A woman marks her ballot inside of a voting center during early voting in the states' presidential primary election, March 26, 2024, in Freeport, N.Y.
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.
Nassau County reached a settlement Thursday in which the suburban region, located just east of New York City borough of Queens, would create six voting districts in which Black, Latino and Asian residents constitute a majority of eligible voters.
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