Posted on 10/23/22
| News Source: i24
The calculation is based on the number of potential voters during the time the budget was prepared - 6,788,804
Israel's November 1 elections will have a budget of roughly $151 million, according to the Knesset's (Israeli parliament) Finance Committee on Sunday.
This costs the voter around $22, a calculation based on the number of potential voters during the time the budget was prepared - 6,788,804.
Around $43 million - 28 percent of the budget - will be allocated to poll workers' salaries, and another $6.5 million will be spent on Covid-related precautions. However, the announcement did not detail what that ensues.
The polling stations will be operated by over 60,000 officials, as well as over 70,000 polling committee members.
This budget does not include the Central Elections Committee's 2022 budget, which amounts to a little less than $13 million and was approved in November 2021.
The Finance Committee said in the statement that this year's proposal was lower than last year's elections due to lower Covid-related costs. The March 2021 elections had $66 million saved for pandemic expenses.