RNC CHALLENGES NEW YORK CITY LEGISLATION GIVING VOTING RIGHTS TO NONCITIZENS

WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, the Republican National Committee (RNC) issued a statement after filing suit against Mayor Eric Adams, the New York City Council, and the New York City Board of Elections in state court for illegally allowing noncitizens to vote in city elections.

“American elections should be decided by American citizens. If Democrats can subvert elections this flagrantly in America’s largest city, they can do it anywhere. The RNC is suing to protect the integrity of our elections, and we stand ready to do the same wherever Democrats try to attack the basic security of your ballot.” – RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel

For Background:

• This radical scheme passed by New York Democrats to allow foreign citizens to decide American elections is a blatant attack on election integrity and violates the state constitution which requires New York voters to be U.S. citizens.
• The RNC is joined in the suit by the New York Republican Party and several concerned New York officeholders and voters, including city council members who voted against the legislation.
• In addition to violating the state constitution, the suit demonstrates how Democrats’ legislation violates New York election statute and the state’s Municipal Home Rule Law.
• The suit also raises important concerns about how the law will be implemented and whether non-citizens will end up on the same voter registration list used for state-level and federal elections.
• The legislation could add about 900,000 non-citizens to New York City’s voter rolls.
  • This is much larger than the margin in last year’s New York Mayor Democrat primary, meaning these non-citizen votes could have swung the race to another candidate.