Israel Bar-Yehuda, Minister of Interior, today reported that under the new voters registration law, nearly 1, 300, 000 Israel citizens will be eligible to vote in the Knesset elections now set for November 17. The law provides for the establishment of an annual voters register to include all persons who have reached the age of 18 or arrived as immigrants since the preceding December 31.
Voters will have the right to inspect the register and to file appeals to committees headed by district court judges by May 10 of each year on complaints of exclusions or mistakes, the Minister said. He declared that since the 1955 election, the number of voters increased by 250,000. He also reported that there will be 2,400 polling stations for the November elections.
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