The New York Appellate Court, the highest court in the country, blocked the law on Thursday that allowed non-states vote in local elections.
Former New York City A member of the Council answered the verdict, saying that it should have been “open and closed the case” and that the law was “unpleasant”.
In a court who filed a lawyer in New York, the city said that citizens who did not have an American in a third of the adult population in the city.
The decision of the almost unanimous, 6-1 is blocked by the law that was adopted by the majority Democratic City Council in New York in 2021, which would be entitled to voting in the municipal elections, including the mayor and the City Council, which would be fulfilled by almost one million non-residents.
New York’s highest court ruled on Thursday to block the law that allows non-residents to vote in local elections. (Tyler A. McNeil/Melissa sue gerrrits)
Those who are arguing in favor of the law claimed that the provision in New York The Constitution on voter qualifications only guaranteed the right of citizens over 18 years of age to vote without denying that right to non-states.
Chief Judge Rowan Wilson wrote in a decision to make the New York state the Constitution clearly articulate that only citizens can vote.
Wilson wrote that according to the logic of the appellant, the municipalities would “be free to bring legislation that would all allow everyone to vote-thirteen-year-old children.”
“The New York Constitution such as a line today is a solid line that limits the vote for citizens,” he said. “Obviously, the language and restrictions contained in the fact that the ‘citizen’ is not intended for floor, but as a condition of the eligibility of the voter: the franchise is expanded only by citizens whose right votes are established with appropriate evidence.”
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The decision blocks the law adopted in 2021, which would make nearly one million non-residents who fulfill the conditions for voting in the municipal elections, including the mayor and the City Council. (Fox News Photo/Joshua Comins)
Joe Borelli, one of the prosecutors in the case of a new New York councilor who voted against the law, told Fox News Digital that “the state constitution and statutes were clearly written in a clear language.”
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“This has always been an open and closed case, and it is annoying that the City Council has struggled so much that the law is a law, undermines the Constitution and weakens the voices of citizens,” he said.
The verdict supports the earlier decision of a lower court that cancels the law. Judge Judge Jenny Rivera was the only member of the court who disagreed.
