A judge on Monday blocked New York City from letting noncitizens vote for mayor and other municipal offices, a measure that Republicans had challenged as unconstitutional. In January, New York became the first major U.S. city to grant […]
NEW YORK — A judge on Monday blocked New York City from letting noncitizens 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.
Langworthy hailed the ruling as a “victory for citizen rights, election integrity and the rule of law.” He accused New York Democrats of abusing their leadership of the city and state governments to “illegally rig the system while trampling on citizen’s rights.”Legally documented, voting-age noncitizens comprise nearly one in nine of New York City’s 7 million voting-age inhabitants.
The law gave municipal voting rights to noncitizens who have been lawful permanent residents of the city for at least 30 days, as well as those authorized to work in the U.S. — including “Dreamers,” a term for young immigrants living in the country illegally who were brought here as children and have temporary protection from deportation.
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