The ruling means anyone afraid of catching a disease, like COVID, can continue to vote absentee.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.A state appeals court reversed a Republican-led challenge to New York’s absentee-voting laws, declining the party’s attempt to invalidate perhaps hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots.
In its decision, the five-judge, mid-level court also upheld a 2021 law that changed when absentee ballots are opened. The new law requires local election officials to inspect the ballots and prepare them for counting prior to Election Day. Republicans argued the ballots should be counted afterward, as had been done for decades prior.Ruling from NY Appellate Division, Third Department
Democrats and voting-rights advocates, including the New York Civil Liberties Union and Common Cause/NY, had accused Republicans of trying to sow chaos ahead of the Nov. 8 general election by casting doubt on the absentee ballot process.
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