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Central Elections Committee

Elections for the 24th Knesset

March 23, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Special Accessible Voting Stations

Due to my physical state, I am unable to vote at my designated voting station. Where may I vote?

Any citizen who, due to their physical state, has impaired mobility and their designated voting station is not designated as accessible, is permitted to vote at any voting station which has been designated by the CEC as a Special Accessible Voting Station, using an additional, external voting envelope (“double envelope voting”).

A voter whose disability is not visible and does not have written proof of mobility impairment, must sign an affidavit attesting to his mobility impairment in the presence of the Voting Station Secretary. Bear in mind that signing a false statement is a criminal offence. Please note that being unable to access one’s designated voting station due to transportation issues is not considered an impairment which entitles the citizen to vote at a Special Accessible Voting Station.

Women who are residing in a shelter for victims of abuse are entitled to vote at Special Accessible voting Stations, with a specific “voting form.”

The locations of Special Accessible Voting stations were chosen after being found to be accessible to people whose mobility is impaired and accessible by foot and by car. There will be signs directing voters to these stations. On this page, you can search for the nearest special accessible voting station, by typing – in Hebrew – your street name and city.

Additionally, one may call the CEC helpline at the phone numbers advertised in the media and on this page of the CEC website.

May a person who escorts a mobility-impaired voter to an accessible voting station vote at that station as well?

The person who escorts a voter to an accessible voting station may not vote at that station; and may vote only in their own designated voting station, determined according to their home address as registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In what situations may one accompany a voter with mobility impairments into the voting booth, and who is permitted to do this?

Escorting a voter into the voting room may be done by anyone. However, accompanying a voter behind the screen of the voting booth is only permitted if the voter cannot physically do the actions required to select a ballot slip and place it in the envelope, for example if the voter is blind or is without hands. Such accompaniment must be with the voter’s consent.

Illiteracy or other cognitive impairment are not considered physical disabilities in this context, and therefore in these situations, voters are not allowed escorts behind the curtain.

The following conditions apply to escorts:

- Employees or managers of the voter’s residence are forbidden to escort the voter behind the curtain.

- No individual may accompany more than two voters in the booth

If any questions or doubts arise as to these conditions being met, the Voting Station Secretary has the authority to make a binding decision. 

Where to vote (including hospitals and eldercare facilities)

Where do I vote?

Find your voting station’s address through any of the following services:

- On the CEC website – a link will be provided to the search page when it is ready

- Call the Ministry of Internal Affairs at 1-800-222-290. The hotline is manned on Sundays through Thursdays from 8:30am until 8:00pm and on Fridays until 1:00pm. Languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, Amharic and English

- Send a text message / SMS 24 hours a day to 050-808-5500 or a fax to 1-800-222-291

Please note that you will be asked for both your ID number and the ID card’s date of issue.

Voting in eldercare facilities

Accessible voting booths will be installed in some, not all, eldercare facilities and residences for persons with disabilities. All residents may vote in their home’s voting station. Mobility-impaired residents of homes in which a voting station is not installed may vote in a Special Accessible Voting Station, as described in the relevant section of this document. On this page, you can search for the nearest special accessible voting station, by typing – in Hebrew – your street name and city.

Voting in Hospitals

Patients who have been admitted to a hospital may vote in the hospital voting stations only if they have received a “hospital voting permission form” (form 25a) from the person in charge at that hospital. Voters in hospital must show this form and proper identification, as described under the heading “Election Day Voting Procedure.”

Patients in day-hospital treatment, and patients hospitalized an hour before the hospital voting booths are closed, are not permitted to vote in the hospital voting stations. Hospital workers and police officers are permitted to vote in the hospital voting stations if the hospital administrator feels that they were unable to vote in any other way. Such employees will receive a voting permission form.

Hospital voting stations will be open from 8:00am until 8:00pm.

Hospital voting booths may be fixed in place (have one location throughout the voting hours) or mobile (be moved from ward to ward or building to building with a hospital complex).

Hospitalized patients’ family members may not vote in hospital voting stations.

Voting Locations for Security Personnel (soldiers, police offices and prison guards)

I am a soldier. Where do I vote?

Soldiers may vote either on their base or in the civilian voting station according to their home address as registered in the Population Registry. Voting in both locations is a criminal offence.

Soldiers voting on base must provide both civilian identification and their valid military ID card.

I am drafting on Election Day. Where do I vote?

It is recommended in your situation to vote at your designated voting station before going to the induction base. If that is not possible, you will be allowed to vote at the induction base. In any event, you are not permitted to vote in both locations.

Voting for Police Officers

Police officers may vote, even if not in uniform, at any voting station in the country including their designated voting a station per their home address in the Population Registry.

If voting at your designated home voting station, you will be expected to provide identification as detailed in the “Voting Procedure” section

In any other voting station, you will be expected to show a valid police ID, and you will pale your vote in an additional external envelope (double envelope).

If a police officer is unable to vote in her home voting station and does not have valid police ID, they must show a special CEC permission form. In this situation, she will also vote with an additional external envelope.

Voting in Prisons

Prison voting stations may be used by any prisoner, detainee, or warden in that prison, as well as any police officers serving at that prison. The Voting Station Secretary is also allowed to vote in that station, as are Voting Station Committee members who are working in that station for at least six hours.

Voters must provide identification as detailed in the “Voting Procedure” section. A prisoner may use his prison ID card, and a police officer may use his police ID card. Each voter’s identification will be verified by the voting station secretary, while the secretary will present ID to the voting station committee members.

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