{"id":1529724,"date":"2022-06-27T16:20:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1529724"},"modified":"2022-06-27T16:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:20:22","slug":"fuggedaboutit-judge-blocks-new-york-plan-to-let-foreigners-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fuggedaboutit-judge-blocks-new-york-plan-to-let-foreigners-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuggedaboutit: Judge Blocks New York Plan To Let Foreigners Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffuggedaboutit-judge-blocks-new-york-plan-to-let-foreigners-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1529724&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A judge on Monday blocked a New York City law that would allow almost one million foreigners to vote in municipal elections.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ralph Porzio in Staten Island, N.Y., faulted city officials for side-stepping the state constitution to get between 800,000 and 1 million non-citizens on New York&#8217;s voter rolls. The law allows legal immigrants who are not citizens to vote for municipal offices in New York City, including mayor, city councilman, and comptroller. These so-called municipal voters can&#8217;t vote in state or federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>Voting rights for foreigners in local elections are gaining traction in left-wing enclaves around the country. San Francisco has allowed non-citizen voting since 2017, as have a handful of towns in Maryland and Vermont, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/blogs\/stateline\/2021\/07\/01\/noncitizens-are-slowly-gaining-voting-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research Center<\/a>. New York&#8217;s City Council joined that list in December. The law was slated to take effect in January 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The blue-city trend makes for a stark contrast with red states, which over the last two years have fine-tuned procedures to promote election integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee and various GOP grandees challenged the city&#8217;s law in state court. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R., N.Y.) and state party chairman Nicholas Langworthy are among the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>Porzio&#8217;s decision is straightforward. New York&#8217;s constitution provides a right to vote for citizens, but no others. And state election law expressly prohibits non-citizens from voting. Even if the city could allow non-citizens to vote, the judge added, a public referendum would have to authorize such a change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no statutory ability for the City of New York to issue inconsistent laws permitting non-citizens to vote and exceed the authority granted to it by the New York State Constitution,&#8221; the judge wrote.<\/p>\n<p>City lawyers tried to get legal challenges tossed by arguing that Republicans have no standing for challenging the law in court. Porzio disagreed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The addition of 800,000 to 1,000,000 non-eligible votes into municipal elections significantly devalues the votes of the New York citizens who have lawfully and meaningfully earned the right to vote pursuant to constitutional requirements,&#8221; the decision reads.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams (D.) has flip-flopped on the measure. As a candidate, he professed strong support for non-citizen voting. But he&#8217;s taken a hands-off approach since taking office, allowing the bill to proceed by neither signing nor vetoing it. A spokesman for Adams on Monday again ducked the issue, telling the <em>New York Times<\/em> that the mayor&#8217;s office is &#8220;evaluating next steps.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A judge on Monday blocked a New York City law that would allow almost one million foreigners to vote in municipal elections. 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