{"id":2039780,"date":"2023-09-21T06:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T10:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-democrats-no-excuse-absentee-voting-law-violates-new-york-constitution\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T06:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T10:48:03","slug":"lawsuit-democrats-no-excuse-absentee-voting-law-violates-new-york-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-democrats-no-excuse-absentee-voting-law-violates-new-york-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit claims Democrats&#8217; absentee voting law violates NY Constitution."},"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\">18<\/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%2Flawsuit-democrats-no-excuse-absentee-voting-law-violates-new-york-constitution%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=2039780&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>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>New \u200dLawsuit Challenges New York&#8217;s No-Excuse Absentee Voting Law<\/h2>\n<h3>Republican Groups\u2064 and Politicians Allege Violation \u2064of State Constitution<\/h3>\n<p>A coalition of Republican groups and politicians has\u200b filed a lawsuit against New \u2062York&#8217;s new no<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-house-passes-omnibus-election-reform-bill\/\" title=\"Georgia House Passes Omnibus Election Reform Bill\">-excuse absentee voting<\/a> law, claiming it violates the state constitution. The lawsuit, brought\u200c by the Republican National Committee and other affiliated \u2064groups,\u2064 argues\u2062 that the law allowing any registered voter to cast an early \u200dballot by\u2062 mail\u2064 goes against the provisions outlined in the New York Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Under the state&#8217;s constitution, absentee\u200b voting\u2064 is strictly reserved\u200d for qualified voters who are absent\u200c from their county of residence or unable to\u200c appear at the\u200b polling place \u200bdue to illness or physical disability. The lawsuit alleges that the new\u200c voting law disregards these\u200b provisions by\u200c allowing qualified voters to vote by mail without meeting \u2063these limited exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, including Republican Reps. Elise Stefanik and Claudia Tenney, argue that\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/courts-squash-democrats-most-secure-election-lie-swing-states-didnt-follow-their-own-election-laws-in-2020\/\" title=\"Courts Squash Democrats\u2019 \u2018Most Secure Election\u2019 Lie: Swing States Didn\u2019t Follow Their Own Election Laws In 2020\">mail-voting law<\/a> was enacted in defiance\u200c of\u2064 the will of the people and seek a declaratory judgment and permanent injunction against its implementation.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit highlights that just\u200b two\u2064 years ago, New York voters rejected a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-house-approves-constitutional-amendment-to-keep-zuckbucks-out-of-elections\/\" title=\"LA House OKs Amendment To Block 'Zuckbucks' From Elections.\">constitutional amendment proposal<\/a> that would have allowed for no-excuse absentee voting. The sponsors of the proposal acknowledged at the time that the state&#8217;s constitution only permits absentee \u2063voting for those who are\u200c sick or absent on Election Day. The plaintiffs claim \u2062that by passing the new mail-in voting law, the New\u2062 York General Assembly is\u2062 attempting\u2064 to circumvent the will of the \u2062voters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people of New York and their constitution must be the ultimate authority in \u2064determining how their\u2063 state is governed,&#8221; said RITE\u2063 President Derek \u200bLyons in a statement. &#8220;Attempts like this to subvert the will of the people undermine the very foundations of our democratic system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The RNC and other \u2062plaintiffs are seeking a declaratory judgment from the court, declaring the new mail-in voting law\u200c a \u200dviolation of the \u200dstate constitution, and a permanent \u200binjunction to prevent\u2064 its implementation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn\u2063 Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate\u200c of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for\u200b Convention of States Action\u200b and \u200dhis\u2062 work \u2064has been featured in numerous outlets, including\u200b RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow \u200dhim on Twitter \u2064@ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the potential implications of the outcome\u2062 of this lawsuit \u200bon voting rights in New York and other states<\/h2>\n<p><span>  And Lee \u2063Zeldin, argue that the no-excuse absentee voting law passed by the New \u200dYork \u2064legislature \u200d\u2063in January\u200c \u2063is an overreach \u2063of the state&#8217;s authority \u2064and violates the separation\u200c \u2062of powers \u2064outlined in \u200d\u2063the state constitution. They contend that \u200conly the state \u2062legislature has the authority to change the \u200dvoting laws and argue that the new\u200d law was passed \u200cwithout a\u200d constitutional amendment, \u2063thereby \u2062violating the state constitution.\u2060<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the \u200dlawsuit argues that the\u2064 no-excuse absentee voting law \u2064poses\u2063 a \u2064significant \u2064risk\u200c of \u200dvoter \u2062fraud.\u2064 It\u2063 claims that\u2064 allowing all registered voters\u200d to vote by mail without providing a valid excuse increases the \u2062potential for fraudulent \u200cactivities, \u2062such as\u2064 \u200dvoting \u2062multiple \u2063times or\u200d impersonating \u200d\u2060other voters. The plaintiffs argue that these risks are \u200dnot adequately addressed \u2063in \u200dthe \u2062new \u2063law \u2063and \u2062that \u2062it \u2063is \u2064necessary to \u2064uphold the integrity\u2064 \u2063of \u2063the \u2064voting \u2062process by \u2064restricting absentee \u200dvoting \u2062to \u2063those \u2063who \u200dmeet \u2063the \u2063constitutionally \u2063defined criteria.\u200d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064lawsuit seeks\u2060 to\u2062 have the no<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-democrats-no-excuse-absentee-voting-law-violates-new-york-constitution\/\" title=\"Lawsuit claims Democrats' absentee voting law violates NY Constitution.\">-excuse \u2062absentee voting law \u2061declared\u200b \u2061unconstitutional<\/a> and \u2062\u2062prevent its \u2061implementation \u2061in\u2064 \u2063future \u2061elections.\u2061 The plaintiffs\u2061 \u2064argue \u2062that \u2062the New \u2062York \u2061constitution establishes \u2062clear \u2061criteria \u2064\u2062for \u2064absentee \u2062voting \u200c\u2062and \u2064that \u2064the \u2062new \u2060law undermines those\u200d \u2060provisions.\u200c They\u2064 claim \u2060that \u2062the \u2062changes \u2062to\u200b \u2063the \u2064voting \u2062process \u2063should \u2061be \u2063made \u2063through \u2062\u2061the \u2060proper \u2060amendment \u2060process \u2062and \u2060not \u2060through \u2060legislation \u2062passed \u200b\u2060by \u2063\u2063the \u2060legislature.\u2061<\/p>\n<p>Supporters \u2061of \u2062the \u2064no-excuse \u2062absentee \u2062voting \u2062law, \u2061including \u2062Democratic \u2062officials \u2063and \u2061voting\u200b \u2061rights \u2061advocates, \u2061argue \u2061that \u2061it \u2061is\u2062 \u2061a \u2061necessary \u2061reform \u2061to \u2063expand \u2061access \u2061to \u2061the \u2063voting \u2061process.\u2061 They\u2064 contend \u2060that \u2060the \u2060current \u2060restrictions \u2060on \u2060absentee \u2062voting\u200d \u2061disenfranchise \u2061many \u2061eligible \u2061voters,\u2062 particularly \u2061those \u2061who \u2061have \u2061difficulty \u2062reaching \u2061the \u2061polling \u2061place \u2061due \u2061to \u2061age, \u2061disability,\u2060 or \u2061illness.\u2061 \u2063They \u2061argue \u2061that \u2061the \u2061no-excuse \u2061absentee \u2061voting \u2062law \u2061aligns \u2061with \u2061the \u2061principles \u2062of \u2061democracy \u2061and\u200b \u2061increases \u2061participation \u2061in \u2061the\u2062 \u2061electoral \u2061process.\u2060<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of this \u200blawsuit will\u2063 have significant implications for the future of voting rights\u200b in \u2062New \u200dYork \u2064and potentially in other states grappling with similar voting reforms. It\u2064 will \u200btest \u200dthe boundaries \u2062of state authority in establishing voting laws and the extent to which no-excuse\u200d absentee \u200cvoting can be implemented without violating constitutional provisions. Both sides are expected to\u200d present their arguments in the coming months, and the eventual\u2064 ruling will shape the way elections are conducted in the state for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York&#8217;s no-excuse absentee voting law is facing a lawsuit from Republican groups and politicians. They argue that the law, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, violates the state constitution. The suit, filed by the Republican National Committee and affiliated groups, claims that the law permits all registered voters in the state to vote absentee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2039781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2039780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2039781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}