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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

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Mandana Dayani speaks at the UN on sexual assault of women on October 7 in New York City, December 4, 2023. (Perry Bindelglass/ NCJW)
May 22, 2024, 2:26 am
Jewish activist who fled Iran sees shades of the fall of the shah on US campuses
I Am A Voter co-founder and pro-democracy advocate Mandana Dayani has turned her focus to America’s surging antisemitism – an issue she sees as inalienable from her core mission
By Jordana Horn
In this photo released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2024 (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP).
March 1, 2024, 2:27 pm
Iran holds first parliament election since 2022 protests; low turnout likely
Supreme Leader Khamenei urges Iranians to vote as soon as possible in the election, with President Raisi echoing the call
By AP
The Virginia Republican Party State Central Committee votes on a number of measures at a virtual meeting, including a vote on whether to allow a religious exemption for Saturday convention voting, April 22, 2021. (Facebook)
April 28, 2021, 9:38 am
Reversing decision, Virginia Republicans allow Shabbat observers to vote early
With party election set for Saturday, local GOP will allow Orthodox Jews to place ballot for gubernatorial nominee a day early, after request from Republican Jewish Coalition
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative -- Police officer on January 11, 2021 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 22, 2021, 2:47 pm
20,000 cops to be deployed to secure Tuesday’s election
3,500 officers, some undercover, will wear bodycams at polling stations to prevent election tampering and voter fraud; 400 locations said identified as ‘prone to trouble’
By ToI Staff
People demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol on November 6, 2020, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as vote counting continues following the US presidential elections. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
November 13, 2020, 2:38 am
US Jews relieved by nonviolent Election Day, but aren’t breathing easy just yet
Amid a polarized atmosphere that security specialists call ‘primed for unrest,’ officials are keeping an ear to the ground due to online chatter on both the far-right and far-left
By Ben Sales
Children play as voters wait in line to cast their ballots at Waldens Ridge Emergency Services building on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020, in Walden, Tennessee. (AP/Ben Margot)
November 9, 2020, 9:50 am
High-stakes Trump-Biden contest could smash US turnout records
As of Sunday, tallied votes account for 62% of the eligible voting-age population, more than Obama’s 2008 election, and may eventually be highest since women afforded vote
By Nicholas Riccardi
Illustrative: A voter, right, checks in with an election worker before casting her ballot in the Pennsylvania primary in Philadelphia, June 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
October 26, 2020, 4:18 am
How US Jewish groups are protecting voting access in 2020
Mobilizing legal teams to report voter suppression, educating voters and helping people get signed up, the organizations say they are united in fighting minority disenfranchisement
By Ron Kampeas
Devorah Halberstam in front of the many commendations and awards she’s received from local, state and federal law enforcement. (Cathryn J. Prince/Times of Israel)
July 1, 2020, 10:58 pm
Mom of teen killed in 1994 NY terror attack votes ‘no’ to defunding NYPD
Devorah Halberstam changed laws to have son Ari’s murder classified as a terrorist attack. Today she advises NYPD and FBI, while fighting stereotypes at Jewish Children’s Museum
By Cathryn J. Prince
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, shown in May 2019, said 'The absentee ballot is more of a political issue than it is anything.' (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images/ via JTA)
May 8, 2020, 1:17 am
Missouri rabbis call mail-in voting religious imperative after governor bars it
After Gov. Mike Parson says the issue is a partisan one, Jewish leaders across the spectrum of observance say that voting in person during a pandemic violates Torah law
By Ron Kampeas
A wheelchair-bound man accompanied by his dog and parrot casts his ballot during elections for the Knesset, at a polling station in Tel Aviv, on September 17, 2019. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
September 18, 2019, 2:16 am
Over 69% vote in rerun poll, more than April election
Result is second best since 1999, defying predictions of voter apathy and fatigue in the country’s second national vote this year
By ToI Staff
A wheelchair-bound man accompanied by his dog and parrot casts his ballot during elections for the Knesset, at a polling station in Tel Aviv, on September 17, 2019. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
September 17, 2019, 6:08 pm
Voter turnout slightly outpaces April elections
53.5% of eligible voters cast ballots as of 6 p.m.; Likud, Blue and White both claim voting rates up for their rivals
By ToI Staff
Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz arrives to cast his ballot at a voting station in Rosh HaAyin, September 17, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 17, 2019, 11:41 am
Casting ballots, party leaders angle for support as Israel votes
PM insists election will be close, quoting Trump; Gantz urges voters to reject ‘extremism’
By Raoul Wootliff
Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Gili Yaari, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 17, 2019, 6:44 am
Netanyahu, Gantz, or 28 other parties? Israel goes to the polls, again
Polling stations open for 6.3 million eligible voters, as a bitter, hard-fought repeat campaign season reaches its climax
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem during the Knesset elections, April 9, 2019. (Haim Zach/GPO)
September 16, 2019, 6:08 pm
Election czar: Despite camera ban, politicians can say cheese as they vote
Central Elections Committee head says media can still take photos of leaders as they cast their ballots, though candidates and MKs must not campaign
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Voting slips at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham on March 25, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 16, 2019, 3:47 pm
How to cast your vote, the second time around
Simple instructions for the first-time voter, and a refresher for the rest of us
By Raoul Wootliff
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