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NY’s highest court strikes down law allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on March 20, 2025

A law allowing hundreds of thousands of noncitizens living in New York City to vote in municipal elections was struck down on Thursday by the state’s highest court.

The 6-to-1 decision by the New York State Court of Appeals found that the law should be voided because it violates the state Constitution. In the court’s majority opinion, Chief Judge Rowan Wilson wrote that the state constitution clearly states that only US citizens can vote in elections in New York state.

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