(The Center Square) — A lawsuit against an upstate New York town alleging voter discrimination will be allowed to proceed after the state’s highest court quashed an effort to strike down a key section of election law.

The unanimous ruling by the state Court of Appeals rejected a legal challenge from the town of Newburgh, after determining that the Orange County community north of New York City did not have standing to challenge the vote-dilution provisions in the New York Voting Rights Act, a 2022 law meant to protect the electoral power of minority voters.

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