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Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics Reports 810,000 Eligible Voters Live Abroad

Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics reports that 810,000 of the country's 7.3 million eligible voters live abroad. Due to current laws, most of these citizens cannot vote by mail and must return to Israel to participate in elections.

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01810,000 Israeli eligible voters live abroad, out of a total of 7.3 million.
02Israeli law does not allow widespread mail-in voting for citizens living overseas.
03The number of eligible voters residing within Israel has grown by 5.4 percent.
04Only diplomats and official envoys are permitted to vote outside the country.
05Discrepancies in death notifications may inflate the overseas voter count.

The number of eligible voters within Israel has increased by 5.4 percent since the last election.

Translated and summarized by baba from Mignews, the latest report. Read Mignews’s original