[EL] “Why is there no absentee voting in Israel?”

[David A. Holtzman]

A cousin told me that many Orthodox Jews who are Israeli (or dual or 
more) citizens fill or charter planes from the U.S. to Israel to vote.

The financing of which, or simply the sight of which, could make for 
some interesting reporting.

G-d knows the legal or ethical implications.



On 3/11/2015 9:46 AM, Rick Hasen wrote:
> Posted inpolitical polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>
>
>
>     “Why is there no absentee voting in Israel?”
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70913>
>
> Posted onMarch 11, 2015 9:37 am 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70913>byRick Hasen 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> TLV1 
> <http://tlv1.fm/so-much-to-say/2015/03/11/why-is-there-no-absentee-voting-in-israel/>:
>
>     Close to a million Israeli adults will be out of the country on
>     Election Day next week – almost 15 percent of the total number of
>     eligible voters. With Israeli election law forbidding voting from
>     abroad, a large chunk of the population cannot cast a ballot.
>
>     Dr. Nir Atmor, political scientist at Safed Academic College,
>     takes Host Gilad Halpern through the history of this provision,
>     and says that unlike other democracies, Israel hasn’t changed it
>     for political reasons.
>


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