The state of New York's universal mail-in voting law is being challenged by a legal watchdog group that claims the alteration to election protocol is unconstitutional. A court brief has been filed in the New York Court of Appeals seeking to overturn the law, passed by the state legislature and signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, which allows every registered voter in the state to vote via mail-in ballot.
New York residents overwhelmingly voted against universal mail-in ballots through a 2021 referendum seeking a constitutional amendment. Democratic lawmakers bypassed the failure of this referendum by simply voting the mail-in ballot expansion through the state legislature. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed it into law late last year. Public Interest Legal Foundation President J.
The plain text of the New York Constitution prohibits the expansion of mail voting,' Adams added. 'If New York lawmakers want to expand mail voting, they need to pass a constitutional amendment.' Democrats claim that the expanded avenue for absentee voting makes the democratic process easier for voters. Their critics contend this change in protocol makes voter fraud much easier.