A judge on Monday blocked New York City from letting non-citizens vote for mayor and other municipal offices, a measure that Republicans had challenged as unconstitutional.
A judge on Monday blocked New York City from letting non-citizens vote for mayor and other municipal offices, a measure thatIn January, New York became the first major U.S. city to grant widespread municipal voting rights to noncitizens, though none had cast ballots yet., allowed more than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City to vote in municipal elections as early as next year. The law didn’t affect presidential, congressional or state elections.
The law’s supporters said it gave an electoral voice to many people who have made a home in the city and pay taxes to it but face tough paths to citizenship. New York GOP Chair Nick Langworthy and several Republican elected officials said the law violated provisions in the state constitution and state election law that specifically confer voting rights on citizens.
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