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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

538.0. "Election Day in Massachusetts" by WAV12::ROMAN () Tue Sep 06 1988 11:17

    The following was printed in a local newspaper last week:
    
    	The date of the state primary elections (Massachusetts) has been
    changed from Tuesday, Sept. 20, to Thursday, Sept. 15.
        
    	The Legislature voted last December to change the original date,
    which falls on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. The change is
    for 1988 only.                                                    
    
    	State Secretary Michael J. Connolly said, "We haven't seen a
    Thursday primary in over 20 years. My office has been working with
    local city and town clerks and the media to alert the public about
    this unusual date.
    
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    How about that!

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
538.1	Only in America (and Israel)	GRECO::FRYDMAN	wherever you go...you're there	`Tue Sep 06 1988 11:24`	6
	My understanding was that it was changed from the 13th (Rosh HaShana) to the 15th because each of the next 2 Tuesdays presented a difficulty for Jews. The 20th was erev Yom Kippur, the 27th was Sukkot. Whatever the reason, this is "valuing differences". ----Av
538.2	maybe because Tuesday is a lucky day	IOSG::LEVY	QA Bloodhound	`Tue Sep 06 1988 12:56`	11
	Hi This is NOT only the type of thing you can only expect in America and Israel. In Britain for one, you won't find an election on a religous holiday. Here too, elections are held on Tuesdays. Malcolm
538.3		IOSG::LEVY	QA Bloodhound	`Tue Sep 06 1988 13:00`	6
	Also, How come they chose the original date to be Rosh Hashsanah? Didn't they check their diaries? Malcolm
538.4		SLSTRN::RADWIN	Bush, he sure is...	`Tue Sep 06 1988 14:37`	2
	They probably had the same diary that DEC did when scheduling this year's DECworld.
538.5		GRECO::FRYDMAN	wherever you go...you're there	`Tue Sep 06 1988 17:26`	6
	Malcolm, The law in Massachusetss says that primary state elections are to be held on the second Tuesday of September. When they "checked their diaries" they saw the conflict and changed the date.