IDF: Soldiers to vote at 710 stations; 29% are first-time voters

Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces will vote in tomorrow’s elections at 710 stations in military bases and posts across the country.

The northernmost voting station will be at the Astra observation post atop Mount Hermon, and the southernmost at the Taba post, near the border crossing with Egypt.

Around 22 percent of the stations, in more remote locations, were opened early, allowing for some soldiers to begin to vote yesterday.

The IDF says it expects the largest number of votes at Ir Habahadim — the army’s “city” of training bases — in the Negev desert, and at the Kiryah, the army’s Tel Aviv headquarters.

Around 3,000 soldiers are to participate as staff at the voting stations, according to the IDF.

The IDF says that some 29% of soldiers are voting for the first time. Israeli soldiers are drafted from age 18, which is also the minimum age to be eligible to vote.