A Manhattan federal judge ruled late last week that the New York State Board of Elections was violating the U.S. Constitution and federal election law by failing to maintain a list of inactive voters at polling locations throughout the state.
The 60-page ruling, issued late Friday by U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan, found that the state’s practices had violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as provisions of the National Voter Registration Act, and required that the lists be made available to voters and poll workers on election day.
