NY A09235

Removes the provision that designated counties as "covered entities" requiring election preclearance based on disproportionate arrest rates of protected class members exceeding their population proportion by 20 percentage points

Eliminates the criterion that used combined misdemeanor and felony arrest data from the Division of Criminal Justice Services to determine preclearance requirements

Maintains other covered entity criteria including court orders for voting rights violations, civil rights law violations, and residential segregation (dissimilarity index) measurements

Renumbers remaining paragraphs in the covered entity definition from (d), (e), (f) to (c), (d), (e) to reflect the removed provision

Takes effect immediately upon enactment