The New York Court of Appeals ruled that voters don't need an excuse for absentee ballots, contradicting a previous referendum where voters rejected that option.
Despite voters rejecting no-excuse absentee voting in 2021, the state legislature bypassed public opinion by enacting a law termed 'early mail voting'.
The court's decision was surprising, with the majority judges having to navigate over 200 years of legal precedent to justify allowing no-excuse voting.
Chief Judge Rowan Wilson noted, 'It is not certain that the Constitution ever required in-person voting,' a significant shift in legal interpretation.
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