חוק הרשויות המקומיות (בחירות) (תיקון מס' 48), התשע"ז-2017Law Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment No. 48), 2017 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Local Authorities (Elections) Law (Amendment No. 48), 2017 was passed by the Knesset on 25 July 2017. The Law establishes that eligible voters hospitalized in hospitals or residing in nursing institutions, old-age homes, and assisted-living facilities will be able to exercise their right to vote in local authority elections. Regarding voting at polling stations set up in institutions, it is established that the Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Services will transmit to the Minister of the Interior, no later than 53 days before election day, a list of institutions in which at least 50 people whose names are included in the voter registry of the local authority in which the institution is located reside. Residents will be able to vote at the polling station set up at the location even if they are registered to vote at a different polling station within the local authority, provided they present a certificate from the institution confirming their residency there. Regarding voting by hospitalized patients, it is established that the Minister of the Interior, after consulting with the Minister of Health, will determine the hospitals in which polling stations for hospitalized patients will be set up. A hospitalized patient will be entitled to vote in accordance with instructions regarding the operating and working procedures of the polling stations for hospitalized patients, to be determined by the Minister of the Interior after consulting with the Minister of Health.

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