חוק הבחירות לכנסת העשרים ושש (הוראות מיוחדות ותיקוני חקיקה), התשפ"ו-2026Elections to the Twenty-Sixth Knesset Law (Special Provisions and legislative amendments), 2026 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Elections Law for the 26th Knesset was enacted against the background of a special security situation, and therefore unique temporary provisions were established in it, including: a dedicated voting arrangement was established for residents who were evacuated from their homes due to the security situation, special powers were granted to the chairman of the Central Elections Committee to establish provisions concerning the conduct of elections in an emergency, relief measures were established regarding the employment of public authority employees in election committees, and flexibility was enabled regarding tenders for the Central Elections Committee. In addition, the law established several permanent amendments in various areas, including: the chairman of the Elections Committee was authorized to set fees to be collected for the submission of certain legal proceedings brought before him, and was also authorized to remove from a list of Knesset candidates a candidate who is ineligible to run for technical reasons. In the area of campaign propaganda, it was established that the transparency obligation regarding the identity of the publisher of an election advertisement will apply at all times and not only during the election period, and that photography in itself in an elected official's office will not be considered prohibited use of public assets. In addition, due to the accessibility that exists today to create and edit content, including through the use of artificial intelligence, a temporary provision was established containing a new transparency obligation. Under this provision, anyone who publishes election propaganda that was created or substantially edited by digital means, but includes content that may appear to have been originally documented, such as the depiction of a figure, place, or event, must attach a clear and prominent disclosure clarifying to the public that the content in the propaganda was not originally documented.

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