The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on election officials with the General Registrar and Director of Elections in Alexandria, Virginia, to investigate a report of an Israeli flag hung near voting machines inside a polling station at a synagogue in that city.
According to a complaint filed with CAIR, a local voter in Alexandria went to her polling place and noticed the flag above the voting machine. There were no other Israeli flags present inside the room, leading the complainant to conclude that the flag had been deliberately placed over the voting machine to make a political statement.
A voting official told CAIR that the report would be investigated.
SEE IMAGE OF ISRAELI FLAG NEAR VOTING MACHINE.
“It is inappropriate for a flag of a foreign government engaged in genocide and ethnic cleansing to be hung near voting machines, and such a display could be viewed as an act of intimidation targeting Muslim and Arab-American voters and others concerned about the ongoing genocide,” said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad. “Any house of worship hosting a polling station should avoid placing political symbols in the view of voters. The only flag that should appear above a voting machine is the American flag.”
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