Some of Pennsylvania's most populous counties are relocating polling places out of synagogues and other Jewish buildings because the Legislature deadlocked last…
Some of Pennsylvania’s most populous counties are relocating polling places out of synagogues because next month’s primary election falls on the first day of Passover.
Some of Pennsylvania's most populous counties are relocating polling places out of synagogues and other Jewish buildings because the Legislature deadlocked last year over proposals to move next month’s primary election so it would not fall on the first day of Passover. Polling locations were also shifted in the Philadelphia area. A 2019 study found the city and its four “collar” counties together had nearly 200,000 Jewish households that comprised about 450,000 people.
“It’s like putting Election Day on Easter Sunday or Christmas. People are either with family or they’re worshipping. And sure, there are going to be people who vote no matter what,” said Makhija, a Hindu man whose wife is Jewish. “But there will also be people who won’t.”
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