GOP Reps Lose Suit To Stop New York Voting By Mail

Courthouse News reports:

A New York appellate court upheld universal mail-in voting for the state Thursday, finding that the state’s constitution places no hard limits on who can cast an absentee ballot.

“The fact remains that, in its current form, the NY Constitution contains no requirement — express or implied — mandating that voting occur in-person on election day,” Justice Michael C. Lynch of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division’s third judicial department wrote in the court’s order.

GOP U.S. Representatives Elise Stefanik, Nicole Malliotakis, Nicholas Langworthy and Claudia Tenney joined several other Republican elected officials, voters and the party’s state and national committees in a suit seeking to overturn the law.

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An appellate court upheld universal mail-in voting for New York on Thursday, finding that the state’s constitution places no hard limits on who can cast an absentee ballot. @anothermonserud https://t.co/VCq67pnM03

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