GOP Reps Appeal Ruling On New York Mail-In Voting

Courthouse News reports:

Republican U.S. representatives asked New York’s high court Tuesday to overturn a law that allows any voter to request and submit a mail-in ballot, arguing the rule violates election provisions of the state constitution.

U.S. Representatives Elise Stefanik, Nicole Malliotakis, Nicholas Langworthy and Claudia Tenney, alongside other Republican elected officials, voters and the party’s state and national committees, filed suit on Sept. 20, 2023.

The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division’s Third Judicial Department affirmed the law and found there had been “no express provision” in the state constitution mandating in-person voting since Jan. 1, 1967.

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