Israeli voters on Tuesday raised concerns about the prospect of a fifth election in two years as polling officials reported lower turnout than it had to previous election rounds.
“Unfortunately, this downward trend continues,” Orly Ades Central Elections Committee General Manager. “I hope this turnout does not decline [election] round, and I still want it not to go below 70%. I call on the public to go out and vote. We have done so much to make this happen. There is not much time left. “
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Voters are waiting to cast their vote in Israel’s fourth election round in just two years in Tel Aviv
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From 2pm, only 34.6% of eligible voters have cast their vote, a figure significantly lower than what was reported at the same time in previous election rounds.
There were more than 6.5 million eligible voters in Israel who could cast their ballots at more than 13,500 polling stations scattered across the country, of which 751 were named for the country’s 14,000 coronavirus patients.
“The feeling is heavy and I really hope to change,” said Benny, who lives in Raanana. “This is our fourth attempt and I look forward to a return to sanitation by a different government.”
Sarit Spitz, who also lives in Raanana, told Ynet that while she enjoyed the many days off from the work she had received in the previous two years during recycling election days, she was strongly criticized against decision makers.
“It feels like each of them is too busy with their own ego and how they can motivate themselves,” she said. way of working together, this would have passed down to everyone else. I’m not sure if my vote was part of a strategy or that it came from the bottom of my heart this time but I believe I made the right choice in the end. “
“I was a bit hesitant because of the unpleasant situation in the country,” said Yehudit from Tel Aviv. “A fourth election in two years is a disaster, it’s terrible and I hope this comes to an end. I hope we don’t meet here again for the fifth time, and I hope I voted well. “
Oren from the West Bank settlement in Kedumim – where the leader of the Zionism Religious Alliance, MK Bezalel Smotrich – lives – told Ynet that low voters in the area feared, but that sentiment had spread when which saw members of his community and neighbors going to the polls. stations.
“At first, things were very sleepy around here, but then messages started pouring in that woke everyone up. I hope this is where we end those election rounds and not we’ll be dragged into another. “
Members of Israel’s Arab minority, which make up about 20% of the country’s population, have given gloomy predictions about the turnout of the region’s voters, which has reached historic levels in previous election rounds, and they caused a possible collapse for the Islamic Ra’am party to drip out of the coalition. listed Arab party alliances and the latter’s support for LGBT rights, a topic that remains taboo among the very conservative Arab community.
“[Ra’am Chairman] Mansour Abbas says he wants the rights of the proud, deceived community, “Att. Adham Odeh of Haifa told Ynet.” The joint list has voted to postpone turnaround and I hope this will not affect the turnout in the Arab region. . ”
Odeh also said he believed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to court votes from the region would “only allow members of the community to vote for Arab parties.”