VOTING & CIVIL RIGHTS
Alert: Check & Correct Your Voter Registration Now!
(Confirm or revive, initiate or update it this month)
Even in NY, registered voters can find themselves dropped from the Registration Rolls. It has happened to our neighbors. Confirm your registration: https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/
You have only until Oct. 19 to change your address or till Oct. 24 to register, re-register or update address online or in person OR for your registration to be received by the Board of Elections in the mail.
You can Register online: https://e-register.vote.nyc/ Note: You will need to provide DMV License number or last 4 digits of your Social Security.
You can Register by mail on a paper form: https://vote.nyc/page/register-vote You will need DMV License or Social Security number OR another form of ID/bill with your name and address (see form instructions.)
You can Register in person with a form at a Board of Elections Office.
Mid-term Congressional elections, the NY Governor’s race, Ballot Proposals on NYC government, and more, start with Early Voting on Oct. 24 and culminate in Election Day on Nov. 3. Ensure you are registered, so you can participate in this election.
JOIN Reform Jews who are coming together to protect free and fair elections, defend voting rights and respond to threats to our democracy in 2026.
Review your opportunities to Make a Plan to Vote and Protect the Elections. Click through the links and choose how you want to participate!
Hebrew Tabernacle members have been working since 2020 with Reclaim Our Vote, which is a campaign of the Center for Common Ground, a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization. The mission of the Reclaim Our Vote campaign is to empower underrepresented voters to fully participate in elections. To support that mission they provide voter education on how to monitor voter registration status, find voting locations (vote centers, droboxes and voting precincts) as well as county contacts for local boards of elections or registrars, and they build technology to support communities in this work long-term.
Hebrew Tabernacle Board Resolution on Voting Rights & Civil Rights (July 2022)
We at Hebrew Tabernacle endorse this campaign and these principles from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism: The Reform Jewish Movement 2022 Every Voice, Every Vote Campaign is a nonpartisan effort, grounded in our Jewish values and commitment to racial justice, to strengthen our democracy by encouraging and protecting voter participation. As Reform Jews, we believe democracy is strongest when the electorate reflects the population – and it suffers when citizens are shut out from the democratic process. Voting is how we determine our future. It is how we fulfill the Talmudic teaching that a ruler is not to be appointed unless the community is first consulted. It is our prayer. It is our voice.
