Are you allowed to vote inside a church?
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As long as you don't go into the main sanctuary there should not be a problem. There is a makhloket poskim as to whether belief in the trinity is forbidden only for a Jew. Many say a non-Jew may follow these tenets since belief in the omnipotent G-d is still present. However, it is forbidden for a Jew to enter the sanctuary of the church, i.e. where the actual prayer services are held. As it is a marit ayyin as it could be interpreted as identification with the philosophy. However, it is permitted to enter other rooms in a church for non-religious purposes. | ||||
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Based on answers given here, Is Christianity Avodah Zara? if it is not avoda zara, then one cannot go in to the sanctuary because of marat ayin. However, if it is avoda zara (this is the opinion of many major modern poskim from Rav Elyashiv quoted in one of the answers to the linked question and Rav Aharon Lichtenstein from personal experience, but see the link for a much more thorough discussion) then it would be muttar to enter anywhere in the building only in the case of pikuach nefesh as outlined in Shulchan Aruch YD 157:3 | |||
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I know that both the Gemara and the Shulchan Arukh both forbid entering a church (Beis Avodah Zarah). However, there are many Rishonim and Acharonim and I am unfamiliar with their opinions. Since voting is so important, I wonder whether "et laasot l'Hashem" would apply under these circumstances. Why would you be entering the church's sanctuary in the first place? I suggest that you ask your LOR for psak. | |||
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