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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

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Central Elections Committee Director-General Orly Adas speaks at a press conference at the Knesset, October 26, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 27, 2022, 12:27 pm
How Israel’s low-tech voting system helps ensure the integrity of the count
From the casting of the ballot to its arrival and counting at the Central Elections Committee, Israel uses a variety of means to ensure the accuracy of its election results
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Workers show a drive-by voting station during a media tour demonstration of coronavirus measures prior to upcoming elections, at the central elections logistics center in Shoham, Israel, Tuesday, February 23, 2021. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
February 25, 2021, 6:46 am
Vote and swab? Planning unprecedented election, ballot officials get creative
Israel’s election committee is facing down a myriad of challenges to design a system that cuts crowding while dramatically expanding options for those with COVID or in quarantine
By Tal Schneider
Illustrative: An election worker handles ballots as vote counting in the general election continues at State Farm Arena on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
November 7, 2020, 5:58 pm
Georgia poll worker in hiding after false claims online that he threw away vote
Elections official says widely circulated video of man crumpling and discarding paper is misleading, as it was not a ballot
By Kate Brumback and Jude Joffe-Block
Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz arrives to cast his ballot at a voting station in Rosh HaAyin, September 17, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 17, 2019, 11:41 am
Casting ballots, party leaders angle for support as Israel votes
PM insists election will be close, quoting Trump; Gantz urges voters to reject ‘extremism’
By Raoul Wootliff
Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Gili Yaari, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 17, 2019, 6:44 am
Netanyahu, Gantz, or 28 other parties? Israel goes to the polls, again
Polling stations open for 6.3 million eligible voters, as a bitter, hard-fought repeat campaign season reaches its climax
By Raoul Wootliff
Voting slips at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham on March 25, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 16, 2019, 3:47 pm
How to cast your vote, the second time around
Simple instructions for the first-time voter, and a refresher for the rest of us
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Benny Gantz, right. (Hadas Parush/Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 9, 2019, 6:23 am
Netanyahu, Gantz, or 37 other parties? Israel goes to the polls
Polling stations open at 7 a.m. across country for 6.3 million eligible voters, as bitter, hard-fought campaign season reaches its climax
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A man arrives to casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of the municipal elections, on October 30, 2018, in Kedumim. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)
April 8, 2019, 9:47 pm
How to cast your ballot: A practical guide for first-time and veteran voters
Vote for the party you like or, if you like none of them, vote for the one most diametrically opposed to the party you most dislike. Either way, vote
By Raoul Wootliff
Central Election Committee workers prepare materials to be sent to polling stations ahead of election day, March 6, 2019. (Flash90)
March 19, 2019, 6:00 am
Boxing the ballot: Behind the planning of Israel’s largest-ever election
As politicians traverse the country wooing voters, intense preparations are underway to ensure every citizen can participate in the democratic process
By Raoul Wootliff
Ramadan Dabash, a Palestinian resident of Sur Baher running for Jerusalem's city council, at his second home in Beit Hanina, July 2018 (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
November 7, 2018, 12:58 am
Palestinian list fails to win any seats on Jerusalem city council
The ‘Jerusalem, My Town’ party led by Ramadan Dabash garnered only some 3,000 votes — 1.2% of total; needed more than twice as many
By Adam Rasgon
Illustrative: A tray of Israeli election ballots for March 17, 2015. (Renee Ghert-Zand/TOI)
March 16, 2015, 9:57 pm
Elections 2015: A user’s guide
Simple instructions for the first-time voter, and a refresher for the rest of us
By Haviv Rettig Gur
A soldier votes on a small army base along the border with the West Bank near Shekef, Israel, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
March 15, 2015, 6:21 pm
IDF soldiers begin casting ballots
Hundreds of polling stations open in military bases across the country
By ToI Staff
Amos Geva, who lives in Germany, sought to charter an airplane to bring fellow Israelis home to vote on March 17. (Courtesy of Amos Geva/JTA)
March 12, 2015, 2:54 am
For some Israeli expats, distance no barrier to the ballot
A cadre of Israeli citizens abroad scramble schedules and scrounge for funds to make it to the voting booth next week
By Hillel Kuttler
Central Elections Committee workers check voter registration lists, February 24, 2015. (Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)
February 27, 2015, 6:40 am
A behind-the-scenes peek into Election Day planning
How Central Elections Committee workers prepare 11,500 blue ballot boxes for polling stations across the country
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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