Liberals Join Conservatives To Shoot Down Blue City Voter Law
“Under that interpretation, municipalities are free to enact legislation that would enable anyone to vote—including, as counsel for appellants stated during oral argument, thirteen-year-old children,” Wilson wrote.
On Thursday, liberal justices on New York’s highest court sided with conservatives in rejecting a law that would have granted noncitizens the right to vote. The measure, approved by the New York City Council in December 2021, would have allowed nearly 800,000 lawful permanent residents to participate in local elections. The New York Court of Appeals struck it down in a 6-1 decision.
