Virginia GOP won’t let Orthodox Jews vote absentee in Sabbath-day convention

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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, where 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.

But the state GOP’s governing body — which was bitterly divided for months over whether to hold a primary or convention, and is torn over how to tally convention ballots — rejected the rabbis’ request at a meeting Thursday night.

“My God, this is why people say we are not inclusive!” Thomas Turner, chairman of the Virginia’s Young Republicans and one of the committee’s few Black members, shouted during the debate. “I’ve been fighting for inclusivity for the last decade in this party. ... This is shameful. Let my brothers and sisters in the Jewish community vote. We talk about voter integrity and we’re trying to suppress the vote.”
 

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So how does making it possible for Jewish members to vote go against Republican ideals? It took a while, but Trump finally made me realize that the Republican party appears to be beyond redemption. Why do they have to keep confirming this belief?
 
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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, where 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.

But the state GOP’s governing body — which was bitterly divided for months over whether to hold a primary or convention, and is torn over how to tally convention ballots — rejected the rabbis’ request at a meeting Thursday night.

“My God, this is why people say we are not inclusive!” Thomas Turner, chairman of the Virginia’s Young Republicans and one of the committee’s few Black members, shouted during the debate. “I’ve been fighting for inclusivity for the last decade in this party. ... This is shameful. Let my brothers and sisters in the Jewish community vote. We talk about voter integrity and we’re trying to suppress the vote.”
Sounds like RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION to me. Very sad....
 
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“My God, this is why people say we are not inclusive!” Thomas Turner, chairman of the Virginia’s Young Republicans and one of the committee’s few Black members, shouted during the debate. “I’ve been fighting for inclusivity for the last decade in this party. ... This is shameful. Let my brothers and sisters in the Jewish community vote. We talk about voter integrity and we’re trying to suppress the vote.

By Jove, I think he's got it!
 
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So how does making it possible for Jewish members to vote go against Republican ideals? It took a while, but Trump finally made me realize that the Republican party appears to be beyond redemption. Why do they have to keep confirming this belief?

For the people in the back who didn't hear it the first 200 times...
 
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I believe that there was a court case in Nevada in 2016. However, that may only have applied to federal offices.

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, where 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.

But the state GOP’s governing body — which was bitterly divided for months over whether to hold a primary or convention, and is torn over how to tally convention ballots — rejected the rabbis’ request at a meeting Thursday night.

“My God, this is why people say we are not inclusive!” Thomas Turner, chairman of the Virginia’s Young Republicans and one of the committee’s few Black members, shouted during the debate. “I’ve been fighting for inclusivity for the last decade in this party. ... This is shameful. Let my brothers and sisters in the Jewish community vote. We talk about voter integrity and we’re trying to suppress the vote.”
 
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But the state GOP’s governing body — which was bitterly divided for months over whether to hold a primary or convention

How it's going.

[Amanda] Chase, who is running for governor, has sent out fundraising emails with subject lines like "BREAKING: The Fix is In" and "PROOF OF CORRUPTION." She has unsuccessfully sued her own party to stop the convention and has publicly floated running as an independent if she believes the nominating process is unfair.

For months, Republicans like Chase have cast doubt on the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The upcoming vote in Virginia presented the state party with the opportunity to run an election of its own.

It hasn't gone smoothly.

More than 53,000 registered delegates will cast ranked-choice ballots next Saturday.
 
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The ranked-choice but non-kosher voting is in! After 5 rounds of eliminations, the 6th round produced a winner with 50%+ of the vote.

Your new Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate: Glenn Youngkin

Glenn Youngkin, a political newcomer who campaigned as a conservative, Christian outsider, bested a field of seven candidates to emerge as Virginia Republicans’ nominee for governor, in a year when the GOP hopes to end a 12-year losing streak in statewide races.

Youngkin defeated a hard-right contender in state Sen. Amanda Chase, who closely aligned herself with former President Donald Trump, as well as an establishment candidate, former House Speaker Kirk Cox, who had more than 30 years’ experience in government as well as the endorsements of former governors George Allen and Bob McDonnell.

While Youngkin did not embrace Trump to the same extent as Chase, he spoke favorably of the former president during the campaign.

Youngkin, a former CEO of The Carlyle Group investment firm, is making his first run for public office. He lent his campaign more than $5 million and spent more than any other candidate through March 31, according to data from the Virginia Public Access Project. He campaigned as a “conservative Christian outsider” and highlighted his business experience.
 
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The ranked-choice but non-kosher voting is in! After 5 rounds of eliminations, the 6th round produced a winner with 50%+ of the vote.
Your new Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate: Glenn Youngkin

Glenn Youngkin, a political newcomer who campaigned as a conservative, Christian outsider, bested a field of seven candidates...

His campaign has attracted some very fine people in Virginia. (Apparently a stunt by the Republican Lincoln Project.)

FC4ASpOWEAYoiPK



Speaking of tiki torch Nazis from Virginia...

Notes from @tomzone about the Crying Nazi's trial.

in his opening statement christopher cantwell immediately brings up that he doesnt know if the jury is intellectually curious enough to read Mein Kampf, but

...

Cantwell going off on a tear about how "lunatics" call him racist but race is central to his worldview? went on to denounce the "demonstrably false idea that all men are created equal",

aaand Cantwell just said the N word. This is disgusting, not really sure why this is allowed to continue
 
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