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From the Washington Post: New York’s top court was asked Tuesday to reverse a ruling against a law that would allow noncitizens to vote in New York City municipal elections by lawyers who argued city officials acted within their legal powers.
New York City became the first major U.S. city to grant widespread municipal voting rights to noncitizens in January 2022 — though the law approved by the Democrat-led city council was never implemented due to a legal challenge from Republicans. The city law did not grant noncitizens the right to vote in presidential, congressional or state elections.
A trial judge sided with Republican challengers to noncitizen voting in June 2022. And a mid-level state appeals court ruled last year that the law violated the state constitution and a legal requirement to hold a public referendum on the proposal because it changed an election method.
The city council appealed to the state Court of Appeals. An attorney for the council told the judges that the city government did not violate the state constitution.
The new law would allow “legal” non-citizens to vote if they have a green card or work permit and have lived in New York City for at least 30 days. An estimated 800,000 people would then be eligible to vote.
The Court is expected to make a decision on the latest challenge sometime over the next few months.
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said Tuesday morning that he is concerned that the NY Court of Appeals “has been corrupted by Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Democrats,” as they’ve added progressives to the court.
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NYC Appeals Court Set To Allow Illegal Aliens To Vote In Elections and Be Counted Towards Congressional Seat Apportionment and Electoral Votes
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— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) February 11, 2025
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Y) announced on Monday, “Tomorrow we head back to court, for a third time, to stop NYC’s unconstitutional non-citizen voting law. After we won in both NY’s Supreme Court & Appellate Court, you’d think Democrats would stop wasting your tax dollars on another appeal!”
Tomorrow we head back to court, for a third time, to stop NYC’s unconstitutional non-citizen voting law. After we won in both NY’s Supreme Court & Appellate Court, you’d think Democrats would stop wasting your tax dollars on another appeal!https://t.co/CIZABSJ9dt
— Office of Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (@RepNicole) February 10, 2025
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