New York's Highest Court Just Delivered a Blow to Non-Citizen Voting in NYC

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "Now, they will try to keep doing it illegally," he posted about non-citizens voting.
54% : The Court of Appeals' ruling about the 2021 law came down to the state constitution.
52% : As we covered at the time, Ohio voters in 2022 approved an amendment to the state constitution making clear that only citizens could vote, after the liberal college town of Yellow Springs passed a referendum allowing for non-citizens to vote.
49% : But Republicans and other opponents viewed the law as a nonstarter, especially because the state constitution appeared to clearly limit voting to US citizens.
48% : Senate Bill No. 1174, which was approved by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom late last September, prohibits requiring a person to present ID in order to vote.
38% : Another comment from Musk, in reply to a post from Nick Sortor, also mentioned a lack of voter ID, warning that New York City "will now continue using non-citizen votes illegally."
32% : "Voter ID is still banned in New York and California!"
29% : Not only is voter ID indeed "still banned" in these blue states, but when Huntington Beach, California tried to require voter ID they were shut down from doing so and California Attorney General Rob Bonta even sued.

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