Politics & Government
Judge Rules Vassar College Can Have Polling Site On Campus
The lawsuit was filed by the League of Women Voters, a Vassar professor and a Vassar student against the Republican elections commissioner.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — Vassar College can have a polling site for elections on its Poughkeepsie campus, a Dutchess County Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The judge ruled that the Dutchess County Board of Elections did not comply with a state law that required colleges with enough registered voters to have the option of getting a polling place, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported.
Vassar, with its approximately 1,100 registered voters on its campus, met the 300 or more registrants requirement.
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The lawsuit was filed by the League of Women Voters, a Vassar professor and a Vassar student against county Republican Elections Commissioner Erik Haight, Mid Hudson News reported.
Haight has repeatedly denied allowing college students at Vassar and Bard College from having polling places on their campuses, costing taxpayers more than $120,000 in legal fees.
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