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New York Supreme Court Overrules Dems, Strikes Down Law That Allowed Non-Citizens To Vote

New York Supreme Court Overrules Dems, Strikes Down Law That Allowed Non-Citizens To Vote

The New York City Council approved the “Our City, Our Vote” bill in December 2021.

But the New York State Supreme Court has overruled the anything-for-a-vote democrat lawmakers.

The court’s decision is a no-brainer just like the democrat attempt at subverting the constitution. The court ruled that non-citizens can’t vote in local elections. Really!

This from slaynews.com.

This democrat overreach for votes became law in January.

The attempt at fabricating law would have enabled non-citizen legal residents, including those with green cards, to vote in municipal elections starting in 2023 but not in federal elections.

Republican lawmakers quickly filed suit in Staten Island Supreme Court to block the measure and keep the voter rolls to only citizens. (Only live citizens, to be exact.)

City Council minority leader Joseph Borelli said:

Today’s decision validates [for] those of us who can read the plain English words of our state constitution and state statutes: Noncitizen voting in New York is illegal, and shame on those who thought they could skirt the law for political gain.

Opposition to this measure was bipartisan and cut across countless neighborhood and ethnic lines, yet progressives chose to ignore both our constitution and public sentiment in order to suit their aims.

I commend the court in recognizing reality and reminding New York’s professional protestor class that the rule of law matters.

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams said:

Months ago, after years of it being denied, New York City restored the right to vote in municipal elections regardless of immigration status with legislation I was proud to co-sponsor, an essential step towards building a true democracy in our city.

Today, the state Supreme Court seeks to once again revoke that right and disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of permanent New York City residents from having a voice in the decisions that shape our city – and choosing the leaders who make those decisions.

Federal citizenship should not be a prerequisite to participate in local democracy—as recently as 2002, noncitizens voted in school board elections.

In a city like New York, this court ruling will silence the people and communities that are often most impacted by the decisions of those in power.

Days after the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act was signed in New York State in opposition to a rising tide of voter disenfranchisement across the country, the court’s ruling undercuts that mission and belies New York’s role as a supposed progressive beacon—it must be immediately appealed.

New York is a city of immigrants, and to advance our city, we must advance our vote.

Final thought, an analogy of sorts: It is not an exaggeration to compare democrat lawmakers as a whole to wayward and troubled teens who are housed collectively in a residential treatment center and being afforded professional help to overcome their behavioral and/or mental health issues.

As tight as the security structure may be and as helpful as the treatment efforts may be intended, the collection of “misfits” is still capable of continuously committing hijinks.

They must be watched closely and there must be a constant readiness to redirect them onto sensible, lawful paths.