Observant Austrian Jews may have to go abroad to vote in the upcoming parliamentary election because the polling date falls on Simchat Torah. Interior Ministry officials have suggested that Jews could go to the nearby Slovakian capital of Bratislava and vote at the Austrian Embassy there on Oct. 2, two days before the elections, as all Austrians abroad are entitled to do. Austria’s 7,500-member Jewish community regards this as unacceptable, according to the community’s president, Ariel Muzicant.
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