Ste­fanik and oth­er New York Repub­li­cans sue against Gov. Hochul ear­ly vot­ing bill

A coali­tion of New York Repub­li­can law­mak­ers is con­test­ing leg­is­la­tion signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D‑NY) on Wednes­day that expands ear­ly vot­ing by mail.
In a series of 10 new elec­tion bills, Hochul empow­ered any reg­is­tered New York vot­er to cast an ear­ly bal­lot by mail. State Repub­li­cans filed a law­suit against the mea­sure, with House GOP Con­fer­ence Chair­woman Elise Ste­fanik (R‑NY) lead­ing the charge. The law­suit states the new rules would remove reg­u­la­tion on mass mail bal­lots, argu­ing it’s against the state Con­sti­tu­tion.
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BREAKING NEWS: I will always stand up for elec­tion integri­ty for NYers which is why today I filed a law­suit against Kathy Hochul with mem­bers of the NY Del­e­ga­tion, @GOP, @NRCC, @NewYorkGOP, and @cpny chal­leng­ing the uncon­sti­tu­tion­al unreg­u­lat­ed mass mail bal­lots in New York… pic.twitter.com/SJLe9H5gTq
— Elise Ste­fanik (@EliseStefanik) Sep­tem­ber 20, 2023

“Kathy Hochul and extreme New York Democ­rats are try­ing to destroy what is left of elec­tion integri­ty in New York,” Ste­fanik said. “Under Kathy Hochul’s failed lead­er­ship, elec­tions are less secure and less trans­par­ent and now they will be uncon­sti­tu­tion­al.”
Repub­li­cans cite New York vot­ers’ rejec­tion of a bal­lot mea­sure in 2021 that was heav­i­ly backed by Democ­rats. The failed con­sti­tu­tion­al amend­ment would have allowed uni­ver­sal absente …