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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Turnout number in Jerusalem jumps to 32%
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli media now report new voter turnout numbers, showing an optimistic jump in some places. As of 8:30 p.m., 32 percent of voters in Jerusalem had cast ballots, up from 23 percent just an hour-and-a-half earlier. Jerusalem turnout is historically low because Arab residents of the city, about a third of its population, overwhelmingly boycott the vote. In the Jerusalem village of Beit Safafa, where The Times of Israel’s Elhanan Miller spent the morning, only a solitary voter had cast a ballot by mid-afternoon.
Nationally, the number has reached 42.6 percent.
In Tel Aviv, which has seen some of the lowest numbers, turnout is only at 22 percent.
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