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Related: About this forumReligious Condition Stirs Protest at a Caucus Site
People at a Saturday evening caucus had to sign a declaration stating that they could not attend a daytime caucus because of their religious beliefs. (Patrick T. Fallon for The New York Times)
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Published: February 5, 2012
LAS VEGAS A special Saturday night Republican caucus here intended to accommodate Orthodox Jews who could not vote before sundown became the scene of controversy and confrontation after caucusgoers were told that to be admitted they had to sign a legal declaration under penalty of perjury that they could not attend their daytime caucus because of my religious beliefs.
Many supporters of Representative Ron Paul of Texas protested when given the declaration to sign. They had arrived at the polling place a school here named after its benefactors, the casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam after they received an automated phone call from the Paul campaign saying voters unable to attend their regular caucuses could go to the night meeting.
And Paul campaign aides later said that anyone who had missed their earlier caucuses during the day for any reason should have been allowed to vote, and suggested that what they described as the religious test at the caucus would lead to lawsuits.
Mike Dicicco, a Paul supporter who drove 30 minutes from Henderson, Nev., said he was asked whether he was Jewish by a poll worker. Mr. Dicicco said he had received the automated campaign call and could not vote earlier because he had to work, not because of religious reasons.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/us/politics/religious-caucus-causes-protest-in-las-vegas.htm
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Religious Condition Stirs Protest at a Caucus Site (Original Post)
rug
Feb 2012
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Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)1. Maybe god only wants certain people to vote on Saturdays.
"if there's a god, he or she gave me the right
to make my own choices in life" is a perfectly
valid religious belief.
Jim__
(14,083 posts)2. I'm glad Paul won that caucus.
Not because I support Paul, but because calling Paul voters telling them that they could vote at night without specifying that there were special qualifications for voting at night sounds like deliberate deception.