by Julia Kott 
On December 30, 2020, the Brooklyn Democratic Party passed a law that allows non-binary and transgender people to run for county committee seats.
The Democratic Executive Committee voted unanimously to repeal the requirement that candidates running for county committee seats must run as either “female” or “male” members, as well as a gender quota that required two male and two female district leaders for each district, the Brooklyn Eagle first reported.
The new law means…
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Sorry to nitpick, but this decision seems to be a rule change for the Democratic Party in Brooklyn, not an actual law by a legislature.