By COLlive reporter
Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba and Rabbi Yosef Braun, members of Badatz Crown Heights, are encouraging members of the Jewish community to vote in the primary election in New York on Tuesday, June 23.
“It has been brought to our attention that there is a special primary election on Tuesday, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz (June 23rd).
“We suggest that all Crown Heights residents who are 18 years and older register to vote and go out and vote on June 23rd,” they wrote in a public letter. “Please encourage your spouse, children, neighbors, friends and family to register and vote.”
Competing in the primary to represent Crown Heights is former New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton who is running against Assemblywoman Diana Richardson in the 43rd district.
New York City Councilman Chaim Deutsch is running to become the first-ever Orthodox Jew to Congress as he runs for New York’s 9th congressional district which includes Crown Heights and is being held by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.
In their letter, Rabbi Osdoba and Rabbi Braun did not endorse any of the candidates but did explain that “n the coming months, there will be some important votes that will be taking place in Congress that pertain to the safety and security of Eretz Yisroel.”
They said “it is important that we as a community lend our voice in support of the safety and wellbeing of the yidden of Eretz Yisroel and ensure our representative supports Eretz Yisroel during those crucial votes.”
Because most elected officials in New York City are Democrats, the primary serves as a de facto election. The deadline to register to vote and be able to vote in the June 23rd election is Thursday, May 28. Registering as a Democrat does not restrict you from voting in the general elections in November.
To register to vote (driver’s license required) – click here
If you are already registered, and not sure if you are a Democrat or not, click here
If you are having trouble registering online, please email CH4Jesse@gmail.com, and we can stop by and have you fill out a paper registration form, and deliver it to the Board of Elections on your behalf. Please note, if you are registering for the first time, it is important that you register as a Democrat. In NYC the races that count are primaries. The deadline to register to vote and be able to vote in the June 23rd election is Thursday, May 28th. Volunteers: A team of local community resident are putting together a team of volunteers who will be going… Read more »
registered to vote, but not registered in a party… can i vote in the primary?
Not in New York.
No
for the survival of this world only vote red
If you live in an area that will never ever go for a red candidate, then vote for the best dem there is on the ticket in that area. The only time to be registered as a republican in CH is for the Republican primaries every four or eight years. Switching your registration just for those cases isn’t that hard.
Local ultra-liberals like Adam Bunkedekko, Yvette Clarke, and others are sending out deceptive publicity to local voters that make it LOOK LIKE you have to request a mail-in ballot in order to vote AT ALL, and including info. on how to request that. The campaigns to get people to vote by mail are AKA “cheat by mail.” There is HUGE potential for election fraud in this process. The option to vote without going to the polls is supposed to be reserved for folks who can prove they won’t be in their hometown on election day, and for people who are… Read more »
In the Republican party
How to switch?
The deadline for switching parties was Feb 14. (And even that was only the result of a recent change in the law; until this year the deadline was the previous October.)
There is nothing special about this primary. It is the ordinary primary that happens every two years in late June.