ISRAEL VOTES Live! * PM, Gantz complain their voters aren’t coming * Op-ed: Democracy at stake * Arab turnout looks low * Sderot sticks w/PM? * A ’scheming’ tech election

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Live updates [Likud installs dozens of face-recognizing cameras outside Arab polls]( By [TOI staff]( [Facebook briefly suspends Netanyahu chatbot for illegally publishing polls; Likud, Blue and White both claim to be trailing as turnout figures show slight increase over April race]( Election Day 2019, Part 2 [Casting ballots, party leaders angle for support as Israel votes]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [PM insists election will be close, quoting Trump; Gantz urges voters to reject ‘extremism’]( [Rivlin urges public to vote in rerun, promises they won’t have to do it again]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Election Day 2019, Part 2 / Netanyahu, Gantz, or 28 other parties? Israel goes to the polls, again]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Israel media review / Netanyahu’s day of reckoning: 9 things to know for September 17]( By [Tamar Pileggi]( [In Arab town of Sakhnin, dismal turnout, not cameras, seen as election threat]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [A dozen voters say PM’s failed bid to place cameras in polling booths didn’t deter them, but worry not enough others showing up to cast ballots]( Reporter's notebook [Raoul Wootliff]( [Even in civic-minded Modiin, many vote for sleeping in]( [In April, the central town saw a record 78% turnout. This time fewer seemed to be making the effort]( [Early figures show small bump in turnout despite predictions of voter apathy]( By [TOI staff]( [Police temporarily close several polling stations over suspected voter fraud]( By [TOI staff]( [Fearing trouble as Israel votes, record 20,000 cops deploying at poll stations]( By [TOI staff]( [Tel Aviv beachgoers hope their ‘bubble’ big enough to burst Bibi’s chances]( By [Jacob Magid]( [In Sderot, where PM always fares well, rocket-battered residents aren’t shifting]( By [Simona Weinglass]( [Says one taxi driver as he goes to cast a ballot: ‘I have voted Likud my whole life. And so did my parents. It would feel like a betrayal to vote for anyone else’]( Op-ed [Biranit Goren]( [We never promised you democracy]( [This election may be the last chance to halt Israel’s slide toward autocracy. That’s how high the stakes are]( Top Ops [Shira Pasternak Be'eri]( [A prayer for the Israeli elections]( [A message against hatred that we would do well to take with us to the polling stations tomorrow, and carry with us into the year to come]( [David Seidenberg]( [A week of reckoning: Israel’s elections and the climate strike]( [As resources dry up due to rising temperatures conflict will inevitably grow — now is the time to plan and wean off of Big Oil]( Op-ed: Elections 2019 [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Which scheming party, duping you with cutting-edge tech, are you voting for?]( [Desperate for victory, our politicians posture, dissemble and adopt cutthroat new techniques to win our support. 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