Now that a judge has ordered some voters' names be restored to the voter rolls, more than one million New Yorkers will be able to cast their ballots in the upcoming April primary elections.

The judge ruled the removal of their names violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the Voter Registration Act.

Before this ruling, voters would be designated as “inactive” if the post office marked mail from the Board of Elections as undeliverable, or if there was a question about whether a voter still resided at a specific address.

Now, the names of all inactive voters must be included on lists maintained at all New York polling places.

The lawsuit was first filed in 2017 by several advocate groups.