New York Court of Appeals rules state law allowing early voting by mail is constitutional

New York’s highest court on Tuesday upheld statewide universal mail-in voting, thwarting a challenge from Republican lawmakers who argue that the practice is unconstitutional. “We now hold that it is not,” Chief Judge Rowan Wilson wrote in an 89-page decision in the New York Court of Appeals. In doing so, the court affirmed a May ruling from the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division’s Third Judicial Department. Both courts rejected the Republicans’ argument that New York’s state constitution mandates that voting specifically occur in-person on election day and the state’s recent Early Mail Voter Act is therefore unconstitutional. Erik Uebelacker, Courthouse News Service. 

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