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In the Matter of Philip Ragusa
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: November 4, 2008 / December 19, 2008
State: New York
Issue: Recount Procedures
Courts that Heard this Case: Supreme Court, Queens County (Case ); Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (Case 2008-11181)
Issue:
Whether the parties had been given an opportunity pursuant to Election Law section 9-209(2)(d) to make objections to the casting or refusal to cast approximately 1,700 ballots found by Board of Elections personnel to be preliminarily invalid.
Status:
Decision and Order entered by the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department on 12/19/08.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division Documents
- DECISION & ORDER
(entered 12/19/08)
Commentary
A Poster Child for Dysfunctional Districting
Daniel P. Tokaji
Fifty years ago next month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr (1962), inaugurating the “reapportionment revolution” which led to the redrawing of legislative districts across the country. This milestone provides the opportunity to reflect not only on what has been accomplished, but also on what still needs to be done.
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