NEW YORK—Four black registered voters have asked the New York Supreme Court to declare “void” a New York City law that gives the right to vote in municipal elections to an estimated 800,000 foreign residents. Passed by the city council in December 2021, the amendment to the city charter allows permanent residents and persons authorized to work in the United States to cast ballots in New York’s city elections. The new law states in part, (these) “eligible municipal voters shall have the right to vote in municipal elections and shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as U.S. citizen voters with regard to municipal elections.” The complaint, filed Feb. 2, also asks the court to permanently prohibit the New York City Board of Elections from registering foreign residents to vote and from counting votes cast by them. The court was also asked to declare that the city’s foreign …