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Knesset Elections Law [Consolidated Version], 5729-1969

חוק הבחירות לכנסת [נוסח משולב], תשכ"ט-1969

Published: 1969-04-14Last amended 2026-07-16✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-29
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Chapter V: Register of Voters

Section A: Preparation

Register of Voters§
26.
(a)For each election date a register of voters shall be prepared, which shall include every person who, on the register extraction day, was an Israeli citizen and was registered, together with his address, in the population registry as a resident and whose 18th birthday falls not later than election day. For the purposes of this Chapter, "address" – including a designation in the population registry of a locality only.
(b)(Repealed).
(c)For the purpose of preparing the register of voters, a voters' list shall be prepared for each polling area, comprising every person whose address is registered within the area of the polling station and who meets the conditions prescribed in subsection (a).
(d)The register of voters shall come into force three days after the register extraction day; the Minister of the Interior shall publish notice of the coming into force of the register of voters in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
(e)
(1)The Minister of the Interior shall enable every person with the right to vote to obtain on the internet, during a period commencing not later than three days after the date of the coming into force of the register of voters and until election day, information regarding the number of the polling station at which that person is entitled to vote, the location of the polling station and the serial number of the person with the right to vote on the voters' list of those entitled to vote at that polling station.
(2)A person with the right to vote may, by written request sent by registered post, request the Minister of the Interior to remove from the internet information referred to in paragraph (1) relating to that person; where such a request is submitted, the information that is the subject of the request shall be removed within ten days of the date of receipt of the request.
(3)The Minister of the Interior shall publish in the press a notice of the intention to provide information as referred to in paragraph (1) and of the right of a person with the right to vote to request the removal of the information as referred to in paragraph (2), ten days before the coming into force of the register of voters.
Register of Voters Not to Be Altered§
27.

No alteration may be made to the register of voters except pursuant to a judgment given in accordance with the provisions of section 53a.

28.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

Particulars of the Lists§
29.

A voters' list shall set out the surname of each voter, his first name, the name of his father or mother, his year of birth, his address and his identity number in the population registry; where a voter has no surname, the name of his paternal grandfather shall also be set out; all in accordance with what is recorded in the population registry on the register extraction day.

Order of Names in the List§
30.

In a voters' list, the names of the voters shall be arranged one below the other in alphabetical order of surnames and marked with serial numbers; a voter who has no surname shall be recorded in alphabetical order of his first name.

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Section B: Notice to Voter and Display of Lists

31.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

32.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

Provision of Information to the Public§
33.
(a)Every person is entitled to apply in writing or by telephone to the Ministry of the Interior to ascertain whether he or another person is included in the register of voters on the date of the application, as well as the location of the polling station on the voters' list in which their names are included, and whether the polling station is accessible to persons with limited mobility.
(b)The Minister of the Interior shall publish from time to time, and at least once a year, the manner of obtaining information under this section.
(c)The Minister of the Interior shall prescribe provisions for the implementation of this section, taking into account, among other things, the right to privacy.
34.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

35.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

36.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 18, 1988)

37.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 18, 1988)

38.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

Provision of information from the register of voters to parties§
39.
(a)In this section –

"the determining date" – the 150th day before election day, and if a law for the dissolution of the Knesset was passed fixing an election date within a shorter period, or a ground for holding elections arose under section 11(b) or 29(f) of Basic Law: The Government, or under section 36a of Basic Law: The Knesset – the day on which the ground arose;

"register information" – a list comprising the family name, given name, name of father or mother, address and identity number in the population registry of persons entitled to vote who will have attained the age of at least 18 years by election day;

"party" – a party represented in the Knesset or a party registered under the Parties Law, 5752-1992 (in this Law – the Parties Law), whose representative has notified the Minister of the Interior in writing of its intention to submit a list of candidates at the elections.

(b)The Minister of the Interior shall transmit to a party or a Knesset faction, by electronic or magnetic means, information as set out below:
(1)register information, as well as a list of polling districts and their boundaries and of polling station locations, current as of the determining date, including as regards locations of polling stations accessible to persons with limited mobility – not later than ten days after the determining date;
(2)register information as referred to in paragraph (1), current as of the register extraction day – not later than one week after the day on which the register of voters enters into force.
(c)Register information as referred to in subsection (b) shall be transmitted to a party or faction after it has undertaken in writing, in a form prescribed by the Minister of the Interior, by its representative appointed under section 19b of the Parties Law, or under section 25, or their substitutes, and by the person responsible for handling the information on behalf of the party or faction, that it will not make use of the register information, including by transferring it to another person, except for the purposes of its participation in the elections and for the purposes of contact with the electorate.
(d)The Minister of the Interior may direct that the electronic or magnetic medium transmitted under this section shall include a protective measure; for this purpose, "protective measure" – including the addition of information for the identification of the file.
(e)The Minister of the Interior shall notify the Head of the Privacy Protection Authority of the parties or factions to which register information has been transmitted; in this subsection, "Head of the Privacy Protection Authority" – the Head of the Authority as defined in the Privacy Protection Law, 5741-1981.
(f)The Minister of the Interior shall transmit, by electronic or magnetic means, register information to the Central Committee for the purpose of fulfilling its functions, upon the request of the Chairperson of the Central Committee; the information shall be transmitted not later than ten days after the request is submitted.
(g)The Minister of the Interior shall transmit to the Central Committee, for the purpose of fulfilling its functions, on the tenth day before election day, by electronic or magnetic means, information on the death of a person registered in the register of voters whose death was recorded in the population registry.

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Section C: Applications, Appeals and Appeals

Application to correct voter's particulars§
40.
(a)If a person finds that he is not entitled to be included in the register of voters, or that a particular of the particulars referred to in section 29 relating to him was recorded incorrectly, he may submit to the Minister of the Interior a reasoned written application to correct the record, after having acted in accordance with the Population Registry Law and in accordance with the law to correct the information that served as the basis for the preparation of the register.
(b)A member of the Central Elections Committee may submit to the Minister of the Interior an application to exclude from the register of voters a person who would be included in it unlawfully due to an error in the population registry, on the ground that he is not an adult, or has died, or is not an Israeli citizen or resident of Israel.
(c)Evidence shall be attached to an application under this section, including a judgment and a copy of the annex to the identity card attesting to a change of address if one was made; a copy of the application and the evidence under subsection (b) shall be sent to the person whose name it is sought to exclude from the register of voters by registered mail to the address recorded in the population registry and the address set out in the application, and a copy of the dispatch confirmation shall be attached to the application.
(d)An application referred to in this section may be submitted at any time but not later than –
(1)the 35th day before the last day for submission of candidate lists, if the application was submitted under subsection (a);
(2)the 40th day before the last day for submission of candidate lists, if the application was submitted under subsection (b).
(e)The Minister of the Interior shall make Regulations for the implementation of this section, including prescribing the procedures for submission of applications, and shall also publish to the public from time to time, and at least once a year, the provisions of this section and the procedures for submission of applications.
41.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

42.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

43.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

Determination of applications§
44.

The Minister of the Interior shall determine applications under section 40 and shall notify his decision in writing to the applicant and to the person whose name it is sought to exclude from the register of voters –

(1)within 10 days from the day of submission of the application under section 40(a);
(2)within 15 days from the day of submission of the application under section 40(b);

and in all cases, not later than the 25th day before the last day for submission of candidate lists.

45.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 18, 1988)

Administrative petition§
46.
(a)A person whose application was rejected or who did not receive notice of the Minister of the Interior's decision, as referred to in section 44, and in the case of an application that was granted with respect to another person under section 40(b), also that other person, may petition against the decision of the Minister of the Interior or against the failure to receive the notice.
(b)The petition shall be submitted within one week from the day of the Minister of the Interior's decision or from the day on which it was due to be given, but not later than the 17th day before the last day for submission of candidate lists.
(c)The petition shall be submitted as an administrative petition in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Affairs Courts Law, 5760-2000 (in this Chapter – the Administrative Affairs Courts Law), subject to the provisions of this Law.
(d)The petition shall be submitted to the Administrative Affairs Court within whose jurisdiction the locality in which the address of the voter whose population registry registration particulars are the subject of the petition is registered.
47.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

Evidence§
48.

Every State authority and every local authority shall provide, without a fee, any certificate and any confirmation required for the purpose of a petition as referred to in section 46.

Composition of the court and judgment§
49.

The Administrative Affairs Court shall hear the petition before a single judge; its judgment shall be final and no appeal lies against it; the judgment shall be given and transmitted to the Minister of the Interior within two weeks from the day of submission of the petition but not later than the day preceding the register extraction day.

50.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

51.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

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Section D: Supplementary Provisions

Provisions concerning soldiers§
52.

The Minister of the Interior may, in consultation with the Minister of Defence and with the Chairperson of the Central Committee, issue special instructions with respect to soldiers in all matters relating to the submission of applications under section 40, the deliberation thereon and the transmission of decisions under section 44, and the Minister of Justice may, in consultation with the Minister of Defence and with the Chairperson of the Central Committee, issue special instructions with respect to soldiers in all matters relating to the submission of petitions under section 46, the deliberation thereon and the transmission of judgments; such instructions do not require publication in Reshumot (Official Gazette) or any other publication, and they shall be brought to the attention of the soldiers and other persons concerned in the manner to be prescribed by the Minister of the Interior in consultation with the Minister of Defence.

Completion of particulars§
53.

The Minister of the Interior shall correct particulars in the population registry in accordance with his decisions under section 44 and with judgments under section 49, within 3 days from the day on which the decision was given or from the day on which the judgment was given, but not later than the register extraction day.

Amendment of the register of voters pursuant to a decision of the Administrative Affairs Court§
53a.
(a)If a person finds that he is not included in the register of voters, he may, within 5 days from the day on which the register enters into force, submit a petition to any Administrative Affairs Court requesting to be included in the register of voters; however, a person shall not be entitled to submit a petition under this section concerning a change of his address as recorded in the register of voters.
(b)The Administrative Affairs Court shall decide on the matter of including that person in the register of voters not later than the 25th day before election day; its decision shall be final.
(c)If the Administrative Affairs Court decided that the petitioner is to be included in the register of voters, the Minister of the Interior shall amend the register and include the petitioner therein by the 20th day before election day.
54.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

55.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

55a.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

Notice prior to elections§
55b.

Not later than 21 days before election day, a notice of the detailed address of the polling station in whose voters' list the name of that person is included and at which he is entitled to vote shall be sent to every person whose name is included in the register of voters.

55c.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 49, 2006)

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Chapter VI: Lists of Candidates

Provisions concerning State employees, soldiers, police officers and prison officers§

56.
(a)In this section, "State employee" – including an employee of a corporation established by law.
(a1)The following shall not be candidates for the Knesset:
(1)a State employee whose grade is one of the four highest grades in any grading scale;
(2)a State employee at a grade lower than the third grade below the highest grade in any grading scale, if the position range prescribed for his post includes the said third grade;
(3)officers of any rank in the permanent service of the Israel Defence Forces;
(4)a police officer in the Israel Police and a prison officer in the Israel Prison Service;

unless they have ceased to be State employees, army officers, police officers or prison officers, as aforesaid, before the determining date; in this subsection, "the determining date" –

(1)in respect of the Head of the General Security Service, the Head of the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, an army officer of the rank of Major-General and above, a police officer of the rank of Commissioner and above, and the Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service – three years before the election day following the day of discharge from service; in respect of elections held after the said elections, those listed in this paragraph shall be entitled to be candidates for the Knesset even if three years as aforesaid have not yet elapsed;
(2)in respect of State employees, army officers, police officers or prison officers not listed in paragraph (1) – 100 days before election day; in respect of early elections where, on the day on which the date for holding them was set in accordance with any law, fewer than 110 days remained until they were to be held, the determining date shall be – 10 days from the day on which that date was set.
(b)A State employee – other than a teacher – a soldier in compulsory service under the Defence Service Law, and a soldier in the permanent service of the Israel Defence Forces to whom subsection (a1) does not apply, whose name is included in one of the candidate lists, shall have his service suspended from the day of submission of the candidate list until election day, and if he becomes a member of the Knesset – for as long as he is a member of the Knesset.
(c)(Repealed).
(d)A candidate whose name is included in one of the approved candidate lists shall not serve in reserve service under the Reserve Service Law from the day of approval of the list until election day.
56a.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 39, 2000)

Decision of the Chairperson of the Central Committee on moral turpitude§

56b.

With respect to a decision concerning an offence involving moral turpitude under section 6 of Basic Law: The Knesset (hereinafter – the Basic Law), the following provisions shall apply:

(1)
(a)A candidate shall submit to the Central Committee, together with the letter of consent to be a candidate as referred to in section 57(i), a declaration with respect to section 6 of the Basic Law;
(b)a candidate or a person who wishes to be a candidate, who was convicted as referred to in section 6 of the Basic Law and requests that the Chairperson of the Central Committee decide that the offence does not involve moral turpitude, shall submit to the Chairperson of the Central Committee an application, together with the indictment, the judgment and any other material relevant to the matter, not later than the day of submission of candidate lists;
(c)the decision of the Chairperson of the Central Committee shall be final and shall be transmitted to the Central Committee not later than the 28th day before election day;
(2)
(a)
(1)if a candidate was sentenced to imprisonment as referred to in section 6 of the Basic Law, and the judgment became final in the period between the day after the submission of the candidate list and the eve of the day on which his tenure as a member of the Knesset commences, he shall notify the Chairperson of the Central Committee thereof;
(2)if the candidate requests a determination that the offence for which he was sentenced does not involve moral turpitude, he shall submit an application as referred to in paragraph (1)(b);
(3)a notice or application as aforesaid and any other material relevant to the matter shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the Central Committee within seven days from the day on which the judgment became final;
(4)if the candidate did not submit an application as aforesaid, he shall be treated as one who has resigned from the day of the notice, even if he was elected and even if he has begun to serve;
(b)the Chairperson of the Central Committee shall give his decision within 10 days from the day of submission of the application and his decision shall be final; if the Chairperson decided to reject the application, he may direct the publication of the decision as he shall determine;
(c)if the Chairperson of the Central Committee decided to reject the application, the candidate shall be treated as one who has resigned from the day on which the decision was given, even if he was elected and even if he has begun to serve; notice thereof shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).

Restriction of the right to be elected due to conviction of a serious terrorism or security offence§

56c.

A serious terrorism or security offence for the purpose of restriction of the right to be elected under section 6(a) of Basic Law: The Knesset is one of the following:

(1)a serious terrorism offence as defined in the Counter-Terrorism Law, 5776-2016;
(2)an offence under Section B or D of Chapter VII of the Penal Law, 5737-1977, the penalty for which is ten years of imprisonment or more.

Submission of candidate lists§

57.
(a)A candidate list shall contain no more than 120 names of persons entitled to be elected who have consented to the inclusion of their names in the list; the names shall each be designated with a serial number.
(b)The list shall specify the given name and family name of each candidate, his identity number in the population registry and his address; a candidate list submitted by two or more parties (in this Law – a joint candidate list) shall also indicate the party affiliation of each candidate.
(b1)(Repealed).
(c)A party shall submit a candidate list on a form prescribed in Regulations, and it shall be signed by its representative or by his substitute as referred to in section 19b of the Parties Law, 5752-1992; a joint candidate list shall be signed by the representatives of all those parties or their substitutes.
(d)(Repealed).
(e)(Repealed).
(f)(Repealed).
(g)(Repealed).
(h)(Repealed).
(i)
(1)A candidate list, together with a letter of consent signed by each of the candidates, shall be submitted to the Central Committee not later than the 49th day before election day at 22:00; the Chairperson of the Central Committee shall prescribe by rules the text and form of the letter of consent;
(2)the candidate list shall be submitted by the representative of the party or his substitute as referred to in section 19b of the Parties Law, or by another person authorised by the representative of the party or his substitute to submit the candidate list; the power of attorney shall be signed before a lawyer or before an employee of the Central Committee whom the Chairperson of the Central Committee has authorised for this purpose;
(3)the Central Committee shall publish, not later than the 55th day before election day, a notice of the days, hours and place of submission, in the manner it shall determine.
(i1)In the letter of consent referred to in subsection (i), the candidate shall make the following declaration: "I undertake to bear allegiance to the State of Israel and to refrain from acting contrary to the principles of section 7a of Basic Law: The Knesset.
(i2)No amendment of the following kinds shall appear in a candidate list submitted to the Central Committee under this section: the replacement of one candidate by another, the deletion or addition of a candidate's name, a change in the order in which a candidate's name appears in the list, or a change in the serial number next to the candidate's name.
(j)Upon receipt of a candidate list, the Central Committee shall confirm its submission in writing, noting the day and time.

Prohibition of agreements concerning candidate lists§

57a.

No agreement shall be made and no undertaking shall be given for the purpose of securing a place on a Knesset candidate list for a particular member of the Knesset or for a group of persons, except after the 90th day before election day for the Knesset.

Each candidate on one list only§

58.

A person may be a candidate on one candidate list only; a person who has consented to the inclusion of his name in two or more candidate lists shall have his name deleted by the Central Committee from all the lists.

Representatives of candidate lists§

59.

Those submitting a candidate list may designate therein two persons, one as the representative of the list and one as his substitute; in the absence of such a designation, the person who signed first among those submitting the list shall be regarded as the representative of the list, and the second as his substitute.

60.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 31, 1996)

Name and letter of a candidate list§

61.
(a)A candidate list shall bear a name with up to three different letters of the Hebrew alphabet, to distinguish it from other candidate lists.
(b)A party represented in the outgoing Knesset by a faction has a priority right to designate its list by the name, letter or letters, all or some of them, by which its candidate list was designated at the elections to the outgoing Knesset, or by a name, letter or letters used by the party in the course of the most recent local authority elections even if they differ from the party's name; two or more parties represented in the outgoing Knesset by one or more factions, submitting a joint candidate list, have a priority right to designate their list by the names or letters, all or some of them, by which their candidate lists were designated at the elections to the outgoing Knesset, or by a name, letter or letters used by the party in the course of the most recent local authority elections, and this even if the total number of letters exceeds three.
(c)A candidate list shall not bear the name, letter or letters, all or some of them, by which a candidate list of a party that was represented by a faction in the outgoing Knesset was designated, except with the written consent of the representative of that faction; if two or more parties were represented in the outgoing Knesset by one faction – with the consent of the representative of that faction.
(c1)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), a candidate list may bear a letter or letters by which a candidate list of a party that was represented by a faction in the outgoing Knesset was designated, if that party is not designating its list by the said letter or letters and has not given its consent to the designation of another candidate list by them.
(d)Subject to the provisions of subsections (a) to (c), the right of the person who was first to submit his list to choose a name, letter or letters takes precedence.
(e)A candidate list whose submitters have not assigned it a name or letter shall be assigned a name and one, two or three letters by the Central Committee, subject to the provisions of this section.
(f)A candidate list shall not bear a name, letter or letters liable to mislead.

Defects capable of correction§

62.
(a)(Repealed).
(b)(Repealed).
(c)If a candidate list was submitted otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Law, the Central Committee shall notify the representative of the list and his substitute of the defect not later than the 43rd day before election day, and they may correct the defect not later than the 39th day before election day.

Defects incapable of correction§

62a.

The following are defects incapable of correction:

(1)(Repealed);
(2)a letter of consent of a candidate that is not signed as referred to in section 57(i);
(3)an amendment as referred to in section 57(i2).

Deletion of a Candidate Who Is Not Eligible§

62b.
(a)If the Chairperson of the Central Committee finds that one of the following applies, he shall order the deletion of a candidate's name from the list of candidates:
(1)a candidate is not eligible to stand for election under sections 6 or 7 of Basic Law: The Knesset;
(2)a list of candidates has not corrected a defect as referred to in section 62, or there is a defect that cannot be corrected as referred to in section 62a.
(b)If the Chairperson of the Central Committee orders a deletion as referred to in subsection (a), he shall notify the candidate, the representative of the list, the substitute and the Central Committee thereof not later than the 30th day before election day; the provisions of section 64 shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in respect of an appeal against a deletion.
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), in respect of a decision of the Chairperson of the Central Committee concerning disgrace under section 56b, the provisions of that section shall apply.

Approval of Lists of Candidates§

63.

A list of candidates that is not barred from participating in elections to the Knesset under section 7a of Basic Law: The Knesset and that was duly submitted, or was corrected under section 62, and after candidates have been deleted from it under section 62b, shall be approved by the Central Committee, which shall notify the representative of the list and the substitute thereof not later than the 30th day before election day.

Deletion of a Candidate Barred from Participating in Elections§

63a.
(a)An application to determine that a candidate is barred from participating in elections to the Knesset under section 7a of Basic Law: The Knesset shall be signed by one-third of the members of the Central Committee and submitted to the Central Committee not later than seven days from the date of submission of the list of candidates that includes the candidate's name; the decision of the Committee under this subsection shall be given not later than the 30th day before election day.
(b)If the Central Committee has decided that a candidate is barred from participating in elections to the Knesset under section 7a of Basic Law: The Knesset, it shall notify the candidate thereof and shall immediately transmit its decision and the reasons therefor to the Supreme Court for approval.
(c)If the Supreme Court has approved the decision, the Central Committee shall delete the candidate's name from the list of candidates.
(d)If the Central Committee has rejected the application under subsection (a), the provisions of section 64(a1) shall apply with the necessary modifications.
(e)In proceedings for the approval of a decision of the Central Committee under subsection (b) or in an appeal against a decision of the Central Committee under subsection (d), the Supreme Court shall sit with nine judges or a larger odd number, as the President of the Supreme Court may direct, and its judgment shall be final; the judgment shall be delivered to the Central Committee not later than the 23rd day before election day.

Appeal§

64.
(a)If the Central Committee has refused to approve a list of candidates, in whole or in respect of one of the names of the candidates, otherwise than under section 63a, or has refused to approve the designation or the letter of the list, the Committee shall notify the representative of the list and the substitute thereof not later than the 30th day before election day, and they may, not later than the 28th day before election day, appeal against the refusal to the Supreme Court.
(a1)If the Central Committee has approved a list of candidates, the Attorney General, the Chairperson of the Central Committee, or at least one-quarter of the members of the Central Committee may appeal against such approval to the Supreme Court, not later than the 28th day before election day, on the ground that the list is barred from participating in elections to the Knesset under section 7a of Basic Law: The Knesset.
(b)In an appeal under this section the Supreme Court shall sit with three judges and its judgment shall be final; the judgment shall be delivered to the Central Committee not later than the 23rd day before election day.
(b1)In an appeal against a decision of the Central Committee to approve or to refuse to approve the participation of a list of candidates in elections to the Knesset under the provisions of section 7a of Basic Law: The Knesset, the Supreme Court shall sit, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), with nine judges or a larger odd number, as the President of the Supreme Court may direct.
(c)(Repealed).

Publication of Lists of Candidates§

65.

The Central Committee shall publish in Reshumot (Official Gazette), not later than the 9th day before election day, the lists of candidates as approved by it or as decided by the Supreme Court under section 64; the publication shall specify the designation and the letter of each list.

66.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 31, 1996)

Alignment between Lists of Candidates§

67.
(a)Lists of candidates may align with one another for the purpose of the distribution of mandates, but a list may not align with more than one other list, and an alignment shall have no effect other than that prescribed in section 82.
(b)Notice in writing of an alignment of lists of candidates, signed by the representatives of both lists or their substitutes, shall be delivered to the Central Committee not later than the 11th day before election day.
(c)The Central Committee shall publish the alignments of lists of candidates in Reshumot (Official Gazette) and in daily newspapers not later than the 8th day before election day.

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