ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s expanded absentee-ballot laws will remain in place with less than a week to go before Election Day, an appeals court ruled.
A five-judge appeals court panel upheld the state’s mail-in ballot laws on Tuesday, issuing a ruling saying that it would be “extremely disruptive” to change the system with voting already underway.
The decision reversed a lower court ruling that sided with state Republican and Conservative parties who sued to block the early review of absentee ballots and a law allowing New Yorkers to vote by mail if they fear contracting COVID.
