Two days have been added to New York City’s fall registration period to avoid conflict for Jewish voters with Jewish religious holidays, Mayor Robert F. Wagner announced last night. Originally the registration period for voters was fixed for October 12-14. However, these days conflicted with the last two days of Succoth which begins on the evening of October 12 and with the Sabbath on the evening of the 14th. On these days religious Jews would have been unable to register because writing is required.
In announcing that October 10 and 11 would also be available for registration, Mayor Wagner said these two days were being added “to give a full opportunity to all voters to register.” The additional expense to the city of the two extra days will be $450,000.
The Mayor acted after Governor Rockefeller rejected last Friday a request for a special session of the State Legislature to revise the dates for New York City. Governor Rockefeller said he was turning down the request because “any sudden and belated shifting of these long established registration dates would only serve to create confusion in the minds of the public.”
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