Devon and I voted today for the first time. The election held today is the 3rd one to determine who will be the Prime Minister of Israel. Let's hope that the third time is a charm.
We were happy to have friends accompany us where we needed to go to vote. It's a little scary voting in an election, when you don't speak/read the language.
Luckily, it was fairly straight forward. You get a blue envelope, go in the voting booth, and choose a card for the party you want, and place the envelope in a ballot box.
If you don't read Hebrew, Arabic, or Russian, you'd be totally clueless on WHO to vote for. Luckily, we knew enough to do our homework in advance and become familiar with all the different choices.
Having this many parties to choose from is so different than the way voting is done in the United States. Now we understand why it's hard for anyone running here to win by a landslide. Hence, this is why the "winning party" has to form a coalition with other parties.
Update: This is pretty amazing. 😃 They actually came up with a way to make sure that the people quarantined, as a result of the Corona Virus, could still get out and vote today. Where else but in Israel?
