March 3, 2023

Judge Denies Request to Toss District Boundaries for Erie County Legislature

By Sandra Tan, The Buffalo News

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A judge’s decision to throw out an Erie County elections commissioner’s challenge of error-plagued boundary lines for county Legislature districts, blocks an effort to leave existing district lines unchanged after a special committee redrew the lines in 2021 with an eye toward the 2023 elections.

Craig R. Bucki, who represents one of the defendants, said the Board of Elections worked last month to reconcile the legal boundary descriptions with the maps approved by the Legislature and signed into law by the Erie County Executive.

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