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NYC council asks state’s highest court to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections

New York post

By Griffin Eckstein and Craig McCarthy
Published March 25, 2024, 4:10 p.m. ET

The New York City Council asked the state’s highest court to strike down a pair of rulings in a move that would pave the way for noncitizen immigrants to vote in city elections.

The controversial election change, passed by the City Council in late 2021 and signed into law by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio, would have allowed 800,000 noncitizens with green cards to vote but was struck down as unconstitutional last month by an appellate court.

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