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| October 21, 2012
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US expats in Israel can vote via ‘snail-mail’

American citizens residing in Israel can exercise their right to vote using old fashioned Post Office

By Shahar Chai

 

American citizens living in Israel will be able vote in US presidential elections using the post, sending their ballots in sealed envelopes.

Yoni Levitan – Photo: Ofer Amram

Yoni Levitan, who has been residing in Israel for three and a half years, will vote the “long distance” way for the first time, said that “Obama had four years to improve the situation but failed to do so.”

“Israel is not my only consideration” he added, “At the end of the day I’ll vote for someone beneficial to the US. Continue Reading »

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| October 16, 2012
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Elections set for January as Knesset Dissolves

Knesset approves bill to dissolve itself by a vote of 100 to 0.

Elections will be held January 22.

By Elad Benari

 

The Knesset officially voted on Monday night to dissolve itself and head for elections.

Shortly before midnight, the Knesset Committee approved the bill calling for the dissolution of the Knesset for a second and third reading. 15 members of the committee supported the bill and no one opposed or abstained.

The bill was then passed to the Knesset, which approved its second reading by a majority of 97 to one (the one who “opposed” was MK Tzipi Hotovely who had mistakenly pressed the button voting against the motion) and then approved its third reading by a majority of 100 MKs. Continue Reading »

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