A New York State Supreme Court justice overturned a resolution passed by the New York City Council that would have allowed more than 800,000 non-citizen residents of the city to vote in local elections, the New York Times reports.
Passed by the city council in December, the measure would have allowed documented immigrants who have not been naturalized to vote in local elections so long as they met all other legal requirements such as residency and age.
Justice Ralph J. Porzio of the state Supreme Court in Staten Island ruled that the provision violated the state constitution on voter eligibility and would require a referendum, not a council resolution, to be legal. He did not rule on the legality of having non-citizens vote.
The measure was set to go into effect in January 2023, so no votes were impacted in any local elections held since its passage.