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File: A ballot is cast at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset election, on March 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 19, 2026, 12:00 pm
Election committee approves voting booths in 159 old-age homes after controversy
Coalition’s move to do away with COVID-era provision placing ballot boxes in assisted living facilities had been expected to harm opposition parties
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ballots are counted at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections, March 4, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 11:22 am
Likud threatens legal action against initiative to bring Israelis abroad back to vote
Netanyahu’s party claims organization is operating illegally and in contradiction to party financing laws; AID Coalition responds that is non-partisan, not providing funding
By ToI Staff
Israelis count the remaining ballots at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the election, early on March 4, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 15, 2026, 5:26 am
Ballot battlefield takes shape as sides tussle over voters homebound and homeward bound
Experts say disputes over alleged efforts aimed at suppressing or targeting voters cut to the heart of the democratic process in a way that makes the October election among Israel’s most consequential
By Stav Levaton
Petitioners sit in court, amid a hearing concerning the placement of polling stations in nursing homes and assisted living facilities for the 26th Knesset elections, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. August 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
August 11, 2026, 5:02 pm
High Court hears arguments as petitioners seek to keep ballot boxes at retirement homes
Knesset declined to renew COVID-era requirement that assisted-living facilities provide places to vote, in move groups say is discriminatory, could affect 35,000-37,000 voters
By ToI Staff
A man casts his vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 5, 2026, 1:17 am
Election committee bans polling station workers from telling parties who has voted
Likud and allies reportedly mulling court challenge against ruling, which says practice of tracking who needs prodding to cast ballot violates privacy protections, election secrecy
By Sam Sokol
From left: Shin Bet head David Zini, Likud MK and Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Boaz Bismuth, Central Elections Committee chair and Deputy Supreme Court President Noam Sohlberg, July 27, 2026. (Kan screenshot via YouTube)
July 27, 2026, 1:56 pm
Shin Bet chief said to warn Iran could meddle in Israeli election, target candidates
Senior Likud MK Bismuth cites ‘substantial fear’ that officials, candidates will be physically harmed, also slams judge who heads elections committee chair, seated next to him
By ToI Staff
Central Election Committee workers count ballots at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, after the general elections, on March 25, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 17, 2026, 8:31 am
As Likud challenges the election watchdog, some fear it may challenge the election outcome, too
Netanyahu’s party has been slamming appointments of Central Elections Committee officials, a campaign some experts see as laying the groundwork to contest the vote itself; Likud dismisses the notion, says it has always doubted committee’s neutrality
By Sam Sokol
(L-R) Central Elections Committee chairman Noam Sohlberg, President Isaac Herzog and Shin Bet chief David Zini hold a meeting at the President's Residence, July 9, 2026. (Haim Zach/GPO)
July 9, 2026, 6:29 pm
After ‘loyalty’ uproar, Shin Bet head says agency subordinate to Elections Committee on vote
Meeting with Herzog and elections oversight chief, David Zini says Shin Bet ‘directly subordinate to the chair of the Central Elections Committee’ ahead of October vote
By Nava Freiberg
Central Election Committee workers count the final ballots at Knesset on November 3, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 7, 2026, 8:05 pm
State comptroller: Government has no policy to combat foreign election meddling
Englman says in report that Iran and other hostile actors are exploiting social media to create divisions in Israeli society and undermine public trust in results of fall election
By Jeremy Sharon
Officials during the process of counting the Knesset election absentee ballots at the Central Elections Committee in Jerusalem, March 24, 2021. (Rafi Ben Hakun/GPO)
July 5, 2026, 6:31 pm
Elections committee plans live broadcast of vote count to dispel conspiracy theories
Director says aiming for ‘most transparent election ever,’ warns that Israel’s enemies are aiming to preemptively ‘delegitimize’ results, urges public to only trust official sources of info
By ToI Staff
A voter casts a ballot in Tel Aviv during Israel's parliamentary elections on November 1, 2022. (Jack Guez/Pool Photo via AP)
June 24, 2026, 10:39 am
Justice Sohlberg says national emergency could justify limited delay of elections
Supreme Court deputy chief, who leads the Central Elections Committee, reportedly says delay would have to be ‘last resort,’ and that ‘only a fool wouldn’t see we’re in a crisis’
By ToI Staff
Security forces stand guard as ultra-Orthodox Jews gather to protest against the detention of Haredi draft evaders outside the Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP)
June 23, 2026, 2:21 pm
Officials agree to election-day moratorium on draft dodger arrests
Citing ‘importance of right to vote,’ Central Elections Committee, AG, police remove threat of detention from thousands of ultra-Orthodox evaders
By ToI Staff
A doctored image of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid standing alongside members of Israel's Arab political party lists that appeared on the Likud’s official social media accounts on January 22, 2026. (Original photo from X. Added graphics by The Times of Israel)
June 22, 2026, 10:12 pm
Election officials push to label AI-generated political campaign materials
Proposal suggests tagging content generated by or manipulated with AI rather than prohibiting its use in political messaging altogether
By Ariela Karmel
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir taunts detained flotilla activists at Ashdod Port on May 20, 2026. (Screenshot/Ben Gvir's X account)
June 19, 2026, 8:36 pm
Central Elections Committee orders Ben Gvir to take down flotilla abuse video
Far-right minister deletes clip after judge determines that it constituted unlawful election propaganda and orders far-right minister pay $7,800 in legal fees
By ToI Staff
Dean Livne, tapped on May 10, 2026, as the Central Elections Committee acting director-general. (Screenshot/Globes)
May 10, 2026, 8:22 pm
Central Elections Committee taps acting director-general following shock resignation
CEC chairman Noam Sohlberg says Dean Livne, body’s recently retired legal adviser, will replace Orly Adas through the upcoming election, until a long-term replacement can be found
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
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