Judge strikes down law allowing non-citizens to vote in NYC

The law would have applied to an estimated 800,000 to one million people in New York City [File: Bjoern Kils/New York Media Boat/Reuters]

A judge in the US state of New York has struck down a law that would have allowed residents of New York City who are not citizens to vote in local elections.

Judge Ralph Porzio, of New York State Supreme Court for Staten Island, ruled on Monday that the law violated the state constitution, which says that “[e]very citizen” is entitled to vote.