The Jewish Voters Action Network is launching a campaign to mobilize Jewish voters in 12 City Council districts ahead of the Democratic primary on June 24th.
The Jewish Voters Action Network will target voters in 12 City Council districts with a large concentration of Jewish residents to make sure they get to the polls. Every council seat is up for grabs this year. There also are races for mayor, comptroller and public advocate.
The group’s multi-pronged effort will focus first on trying to get independent and Republican Jewish voters to officially switch to the Democratic Party so they can participate in the heavily Democratic city’s June 24 Dem primary races.Maury Litwack, founder of the Jewish Voters Action Network, was instrumental in galvanizing Jewish voters to help Democrat George Latimer defeat anti-Israel incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman.Such an effort could make a big difference because overall turnout at the Democratic primaries is usually low — and whoever wins the Dem primaries in races such as for City Hall usually score in November. The second phase of the effort involves partnering with local institutions and volunteer groups to organize and mobilize Jewish voters to get them to go to the polls.defeat lefty firebrand and anti-Israel incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman in last year’s Democratic primary for the House District 16 encompassing much of Westchester and parts of The Bronx. The group that Litwack headed at the time, the Teach Coalition affiliated with the Orthodox Jewish Union, also targeted voters in Jewish enclaves in the battleground states o
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