Election day: everything you need to know
October 27, 2026
Before you leave
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07:00–22:00
What to bring
One ID, valid and with a photo
Where to vote
At your assigned polling station
Got there before 22:00 and still in line? You get to vote - even if the line ends after closing time.
How to vote, step by step
- 1Identify yourself to the polling station committee and get an empty voting envelope.
- 2Go behind the voting screen alone.
- 3Take one ballot slip of the list you chose and put it in the envelope. Out of slips for that list? Write its letters on a blank slip.
- 4Seal the envelope, come out, and drop it into the ballot box in front of the committee.
The vote is secret: you may not take photos inside the voting booth, and no one may go in with you (except a companion for voters who need physical assistance).
What invalidates a vote
- Two ballot slips of different lists in the same envelope.
- A ballot slip with an added mark, writing or scribble, or a slip torn so that the list cannot be identified.
- A slip that is not an official ballot slip of the Central Elections Committee.
- An empty envelope, or a blank ballot slip with no list's letters written on it.
Don't worry: if two slips of the same list stuck together, the vote is valid and counts as one ballot slip.
Special accessible polling station - voting away from your registered address
This is not the same as a regular accessible polling station (one with a ramp, which is simply your own polling station in an accessible version). A special accessible polling station is one specifically designated so that people with mobility limitations may vote there from anywhere in the country - even if it is not the polling station they were assigned to.
Voting there uses a double envelope: the ballot slip goes into an inner envelope, and that goes into an outer envelope with your details - so the committee can verify you have not voted twice, without revealing whom you chose.
The disability declaration works on trust: no disability certificate is required, and no one will ask you to prove anything. If your disability is not visible, you simply sign a short declaration at the polling station - and that is the whole process.
Map of special accessible polling stations
Type an address (where you will be on election day, not necessarily your registered address) to see the nearest ones.
or type an address
Or search by town
Sources: Central Elections Committee (accessible polling stations, polling station lookup); the Knesset Elections Law (sections 68A and 126(3A)) on voting at a special accessible polling station. This is a summary - where it conflicts with the Committee's official wording, the official wording prevails.