Sarah Blaine

Smiling headshot of Sarah Blaine wearing glasses and a red shirt

Sarah Blaine, previously a teacher and a lawyer, is now the lead organizer for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism's New Jersey state project, RAC-NJ.

The Sanctity of Voting: A Jewish Analogy for “Secrecy Sleeves”

Sarah Blaine
Just as the Torah is at the center of Judaism, the ballot is at the core of our democracy. We would not dream of returning the Torah to the Ark without first dressing it. It helps, then, to think of the outer envelope as the ark and the inner security envelope as our ballot’s Torah cover.