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| Prisoners vote in Israel elections |
| By Yedioth Internet News |
| Published: 02/10/2009 |
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ISRAEL - Like the rest of the citizens of Israel, some 12,000 prisoners held in jails across the country began fulfilling their democratic right to vote Tuesday morning. All prisoners have the right to vote, including security prisoners with Israeli citizenships. Voter turnout among prisoners is traditionally very high, and in the previous elections in 2006, 80% of prisoners eligible to vote cast their ballots. The Israel Prison Service prepared for the elections for the 18th Knesset by placing and manning 56 polling stations in prisons throughout the country. Prisoners in open wings will be able to present their ID cards to members of the polling station committee and cast their vote. According to the Prison Service's legal advisor Brigadier Haim Shmulevitz, prisoners who do not have an ID will undergo a meticulous identification process and will be able to vote. A portable polling station will pass through prisons that have isolated wings and contain dangerous prisoners or prisoners whose lives may be at risk, to ensure that every single prisoner gets the chance to vote. Prisoners located in isolated wings include late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassin Yigal Amir, head of a Netanya organized crime family Asi Abutbul and more. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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