06/06/2026
CHRIS TAGUE SUPPORTED AND ENDORSED ILLEGAL GERRYMANDER MAPS in 2022 TO HELP DEMOCRATS, FILED A LEGAL AFFIDAVIT--
Here it is-
STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT : COUNTY OF STEUBEN
INDEX NO. E2022-0116CV
RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/09/2022
TIM HARKENRIDER, GUY C. BROUGHT,
LAWRENCE CANNING, PATRICIA CLARINO,
GEORGE DOOHER, JR., STEPHEN EVANS, LINDA
FANTON, JERRY FISHMAN, JAY FRANTZ,
LAWRENCE GARVEY, ALAN NEPHEW, SUSAN
ROWLEY, JOSEPHINE THOMAS, and MARIANNE AFFIDAVIT OF
VOLANTE, ASSEMBLYMAN
CHRISTOPHER
Petitioners, TAGUE
-against-
GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL, LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE Index No.
BRIAN A. BENJAMIN, SENATE MAJORITY E2022-0116CV
LEADER AND PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF
THE SENATE ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS, Assigned Justice:
SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY CARL HEASTIE,·
Hon. Patrick F.
NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, and McAllister, A.J.S.C.
THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATIVE TASK
FORCE ON DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AND
REAPPORTIONMENT,
Respondents. .
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss:
COUNTY OF ALBANY )
CHRISTOPHER TAGUE, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. I am a Minority member of the New York State Assembly,
representing the 102nd Assembly District. My District iiicludes Greene and Schoharie
counties and parts of Delaware, Columbia, Albany, Otsego, and Ulster counties. 2. I was first elected to the Assembly in April 2018 and re-elected to a full
term in November 2018 and have served as a member of the Assembly ever since.
3. I am currently the Ranking Minority Member on the Agriculture
Committee and serve as member of several other Assembly standing committees.
4. I make this affidavit based on my personal knowledge.
Bipartisan Enactment of the Assembly Map
5. On January 24, 2022, the Independënt Redistricting Commission
announced it would not submit a second set of proposed legislative-district maps, despite its
constitutional obligation to do so.
6. In response, on February 3, 2022, the Assembly passed Bill Number
A09040A (the "Bill"), which established the Assembly and State Senate district maps for the
2022 and subsequent elections.
7. The Bill passed in the Assembly by a vote of 118 to 29.
8. I voted in favor of the Bill, as did 14 of my Republican colleagues:
Representatives Angelino, Barclay, Brabenec, Fitzpatrick, Giglio, Goodell, Hawley, Jensen,
Lalor, Lemondes, Miller, Morinello, and Norris. Thus, the Bill was enacted with bipartisan
support in the Assembly.
9. I voted in favor of the Bill because I believe the Assembly district maps
contained t DOC. NO. 453 INDEX NO. E2022-0116CV
RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/09/2022
10. When I voted for the Bill, I recognized the possibility that this lawsuit
would be filed. I was and remain unaware of any intention for the lawsuit to challenge the
Assembly map.
Dated: Alban New York
May _,
2022
Christopher Tague
to before me this
day of May, 2022
Adam Fusco, Esq.
NOTARY PUBLIC, State of New York .
Qualified in Fulton County
No. 02FU6325525
MCE 5-26-202-3
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-AND THEY ARE AT IT AGAIN!!