Early voting for Israeli diplomats and staff at the country’s embassies abroad begins tonight, with the envoy to New Zealand expected to cast the first vote of the November 1 elections.
The booth set up for diplomatic staff at the embassy in Wellington will open at 11 p.m. Israel time.
Following New Zealand, 101 other ballot stations will be opened at embassies and missions abroad, with the final votes taking place in the Los Angeles and San Francisco consulates.
According to the Foreign Ministry, some 4,500 Israelis are eligible to vote abroad, including diplomats, representatives of other government ministries, the military and police and their families.
Votes in an Israeli election will be cast for the first time in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, where Israel recently opened an embassy.
This is Israel’s fifth general election in under four years.
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