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Netanyahu’s coalition opposes effort to put polling stations in old age homes — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition has expressed opposition to a measure proposed by the Central Elections Committee ahead of the 2026 Knesset election aimed at operating polling stations at old age homes throughout the country, Ynet reports.
According to the news site, representatives of Likud and Religious Zionism on the committee came out against the move, which had been enacted as a provisional measure in recent elections, but were outvoted. The proposal will be discussed next week in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.
The site quotes a Likud source as claiming that the proposal “will help [Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor] Liberman electorally.” Liberman’s party is part of the opposition.
Polls consistently show that younger voters are to the right, and more supportive of Netanyahu’s political allies, than their elders.
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