Virginia GOP won’t let Orthodox Jews vote absentee in Sabbath-day convention
By Laura Vozzella
April 23, 2021 at 3:31 p.m. EDT
RICHMOND — Republican Party leaders have rejected a plea to let Orthodox Jews and others with religious obligations on Saturdays vote absentee in the GOP's May 8 nominating convention, in which the party will choose its candidates for governor and two other statewide offices.
Four rabbis wrote to state GOP Chairman Rich Anderson and members of the party’s governing board this month, asking that anyone with religious objections to the date be allowed to cast an absentee ballot. That option already is available to active-duty military personnel.
From every Friday at sunset until nightfall Saturday, Orthodox Jews “do not drive, use electronic devices, employ handwriting instruments (e.g. pens, pencils), among other prohibited activities,” the rabbis wrote. “As such, it would be impossible for Jews of faith to vote in your unassembled convention.”
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