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1-MIN READ Israel Has a Socially-Distanced Solution to Voting in Pandemic: Drive-Through Ballots Police officers check documents of a driver at a police checkpoint, as Israel imposes a third national lockdown to fight climbing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Tel Aviv, Israel December 27, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen Voters will pull up to a station, a ballot box will be rolled up to their window, and they then present their ID and pick a candidate without having to step outside. FOLLOW US ON: Israelis who are sick with COVID-19 will be able to cast their ballots at drive-through pol...

Drive-through ballots - Israel's solution to voting in a pandemic Reuters 12/28/2020 JERUSALEM, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Israelis who are sick with COVID-19 will be able to cast their ballots at drive-through polling stations that authorities hope will ensure a smooth election in March while minimizing infection risks. The March 23 parliamentary election, brought on prematurely due to a seemingly intractable political stalemate, is the country's second since the global coronavirus outbreak. It is also the fourth in two years. Looking to improve the voting process, the national election committee ...

Coronavirus-hit voters can cast ballots through their car windows in March's election Drive-through polling stations will be installed for Israel's national election in March (Screengrab) By Published date: 28 December 2020 17:54 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3 weeks ago With politicians desperate for every vote in March's election, Israelis suffering from the coronavirus have been offered a novel way to cast their ballot: drive-through polling stations. On 23 December, Israel was cast into its fourth election cycle in two years after ...

5,794 shares A demo photo of a "Vote and drive station" provided by the Central Elections Committee on December 28, 2020, shows a model of a drive-thru voting station for coronavirus carriers that will be set up for the elections on March 23, 2021. (Central Elections Committee) The director-general of the Central Elections Committee on Monday announced a raft of measures being prepared to enable a safe election in March amid COVID-19, including the introduction of drive-thrus and other special voting locations to service the ill and the quarantined. Other steps will include increasing t...

Follow Dec. 23, 2020 Members of the Central Elections Committee and Health Ministry officials have been struggling the past few days over how to conduct the general election that is to be held on March 23. Israel does not have mail-in voting or computerized voting, and the familiar ballot boxes will continue to be used in the coming election. In an effort to avoid crowding, the number of polling stations across the country will be substantially increased to 14,000 from 11,000. The extra budget required to adapt the voting to the pandemic is estimated at 65 million shekels ($20.1 million), mor...