New York Lawsuit Challenges Voting by Non-Citizens

Residents vote during the mayoral primary election at the Brooklyn Museum polling station in New York City on June 22, 2021. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

NEW YORK—Four black registered voters have asked the New York Supreme Court to declare “void” a New York City law that gives the right to vote in municipal elections to an estimated 800,000 foreign residents.

Passed by the city council in December 2021, the amendment to the city charter allows permanent residents and persons authorized to work in the United States to cast ballots in New York’s city elections.