Judge rules N.Y. town violates Voting Rights Act
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A U.S. judge ruled a New York town's election system denies equal participation for Hispanics in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the landmark law associated with the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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CLEVELAND -- A federal court judge has ruled that partisan challengers at Ohio polling locations is unconstitutional. The judge was asked to stop more than 3,000 Republicans who are planning to monitor polling places and challenge voters.
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A U.S. federal judge halted planned elections in Port Chester, New York, on Friday, after the government said its political system effectively denies Hispanics representation in the local government.
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A federal judge rejected arguments from the Bush administration Tuesday and ruled for Democrats in a dispute over how to count provisional ballots, a new voting requirement that could become the hanging chad of 2004.
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At least nine state bodies have denounced New York StateÂs town and village courts over the last century, joined by at least two governors and several senior judges.
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A Supreme Court decision in favor of one protesting village has inspired others.
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A judge bans the word from a sexual assault case, sparking debate over freedom of speech and the right to a fair trial
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By ANABELLE GARAY  DALLAS - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch from enforcing a voter-approved law prohibiting apartment rentals to illegal immigrants until a legal challenge is resolved.  U.S.
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On Wednesday (August 18), a State Supreme Court judge agreed with the hip-hop mogul&#39;s argument that parts of New York&#39;s Lobbying Act are unconstitutional.
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Voting 9 to 0, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the federal appeals court in New York that found the system for choosing nominees to the stateâs trial court unconstitutional.
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KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine&#39;s Constitutional Court ruled Saturday that parts of recent legislation restricting the voting rights of home-bound people violate the country&#39;s constitution, clouding the presidential rerun vote one day before ballots were to be
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A Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the state to rewrite, reprint and redistribute all its ballots for the Nov. 2 election, saying the wording of a ballot initiative was inaccurate and biased.
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About 46,000 people are registered to vote in two states, New York and Florida, a violation of both states' laws that could affect the outcome of the November presidential election, according to an investigation by the Daily News.
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Gay couples should be allowed to marry  because the state's constitution guarantees equality for all, a  New York judge said on Friday in a ruling that could eventually  clear the way for same-sex unions in New York.
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Local abortion rights and anti-abortion activists reacted strongly to a Thursday ruling by a New York judge who declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional.
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Judge says law violates free speech, orders blocking stopped.
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A federal judge ruled that a ban on a type of late-term abortion violates the US Constitution.