An important test case for second homeowner rights, Willkie et al. v. Board of Elections, from the Second Department of the Appellate Division, affirms the right of second homeowners and weekenders to vote in the much-contested 20th Congressional District, recently vacated by now-Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and hotly contested at the moment by Scott Murphy and Jim Tedisco.  The New York Times reported the Willkie case right before the historic 2008 elections.  

In that case, the Delaware County Board of Elections in New York's Delaware County disenfranchised eight long-time dual residents of Bovina, New York.  The Court ordered all eight voters reinstated.  Here is a press report of that hearing, and the lower court's decision.

Dual resident voting rights also made the news in Washington County, where it's clear that some people, at least, don't understand the law.  He's an op-ed piece we wrote about that odd situation.

In an article entitled Democrats Court Second Homeowners, the New York Times highlighted one of the voter registration campaigns around New York State that made use of the website in the 2007 off-year election cycle.

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