Rehovot Votes: Elections 2006

Why didn't we think of this?

Election Day, here, is a national holiday!

And the polls stay open until 10:00 pm! (Albeit with massive campaigning going on right outside them, by all the parties, and their cardtables piled with pamphlets.)

Read all about it.

Source: Erin Israel. Say It in Hebrew! No. 702. "Bechirot." "Elections." Rehovot.Blogspot.com (28 March 2006) [FullText]