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The Edison Township School Board blinked and decided to move its school bond election date scheduled for Rosh Hashana to Dec. 9. Our story is here. The ADL’s statement follows after the jump:

West Orange, NJ, August 19, 2008…The Anti-Defamation League welcomed the decision by Edison Township School Board to propose a new school bond election date that had been scheduled on Rosh Hashanah, The Jewish New Year. The new date moves the vote from September 30 to December 9.

“We are heartened that the Edison Public School District recognized that scheduling the vote on Rosh Hashanah effectively created a separate and more burdensome voting procedure for Jewish residents of Edison,” said Etzion Neuer, Regional Director of ADL’s New Jersey Office. “The rescheduling of the vote is a welcome development and establishes an equal voting process for all residents.”