A judge has struck down a state law that made it easier for New Yorkers to sue over electoral divisions and voting rules that weakened the political voice of minority groups, saying its special protections based on race and ethnicity are unconstitutional.

The judge ruled that the law is unconstitutional because it protects certain minority groups from discrimination when it should protect all voters equally.

Doles, a state court judge in Orange County, struck down New York’s Voting Rights Act of 2022 on Thursday (Nov. 7) in a decision in which she also dismisse