Israel Hayom via JNS
By Gideon Allon
Due to the coronavirus crisis, existing polling stations will have to be revamped and many others added, reports the Central Elections Committee.
Israel’s Central Election Committee on Wednesday revealed that the upcoming elections, slated for March 23, 2021, will cost about 100 million shekels (approximately $30 million), as polling stations will have to be revamped to accommodate social-distancing directives amid the coronavirus crisis.
The Committee also said that it will have to open an additional 2,000 polling stations nationwide, bringing the total number to 14,000, including 350 in nursing homes.
This article first appeared in Israel Hayom.
Caption: A polling station in Jerusalem during the second round of Israeli elections, on Sept. 17, 2019.
Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
