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NEW YORK’S EARLY MAIL VOTER ACT IS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Wilson, over a two-judge concurring opinion and a dissenting opinion, determined New York’s Early Mail Voter Act is constitutional:

Plaintiffs, a coalition of elected officials, registered voters, and party officials, challenge New York’s Early Mail Voter Act (the Act), which permits all registered voters to vote early by mail in any election in which the voter is eligible to vote. Plaintiffs maintain the Act is unconstitutional and seek a declaratory judgment and a permanent injunction against its implementation and enforcement. The question raised here is difficult. Though the State Constitution contains no language that explicitly requires in-person voting, the legislative and executive branches have often proceeded as if our Constitution requires as such. Our Court has never been asked to determine what the Constitution requires in this regard. Recently, the legislature assumed that the Constitution requires in-person voting, passing concurrent resolutions culminating in the 2021 proposed amendment to authorize mail-in voting. We acknowledge that the public rejected that amendment, and we take seriously both the legislature’s position in 2021 and the voters’ rejection of the proposed constitutional amendment. At the same time, we may not simply defer to the legislature’s assumptions about what the Constitution requires. Our task is to rigorously analyze the constitutional text and history to determine if New York’s Early Mail Voter Act is unconstitutional. We now hold that it is not. Stefanik v Hochul, 2024 NY Slip Op 04236, CtApp 8-20-24

Practice Point: New York’s Early Mail Voter Act is not unconstitutional.

 

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