Letter Regarding Iowa’s Caucus Date Scheduled on Shabbat

Aaron Keyak — September 18, 2009 – 1:50 pm | Democrats | Republicans Comments (0) Add a comment

NJDC joined 17 other Jewish organizations in a letter to the Democratic and Republican Parties of Iowa to request that they change their caucus date, which is currently scheduled on Shabbat.

Here’s an excerpt:

The decision to move the Iowa political party caucuses to a Saturday effectively disenfranchises members of the Jewish community. Jews who observe the Sabbath could not work on caucus day to support their candidates of choice. Worse, since caucuses do not allow for absentee voting, there would be essentially no opportunity to participate in this important process. This is utterly inconsistent with the values of our pluralistic democracy.

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