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NYC Law Allowing Noncitizens to Vote is Unconstitutional, State’s Highest Court Rules

An absentee ballot box sat near the entrance to an early voting site in The Shed at Hudson Yards.

New York’s highest court ruled that a 2021 local law that allowed some legal permanent residents to vote in New York City elections is unconstitutional, in a decision released Thursday. The 6-1 decision by the New York State Court of Appeals striking down the controversial law is a setback to efforts to expand immigrant rights […]

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