Voting in Israel

Today was election day!!  The kids had no school and we took them to an indoor play place with my cousin.  It was nice but it was a long day.

They followed us in their car on the way there, which is funny since they are the ones that have lived here all their lives, and Talia was very concerned that we were going to lose them, or rather that they were going to lose us.  I explained that if they did lose us that they could just call us and we could stop.  Then I told her that when we were growing up there was no such thing as a cell phone.  So she asked me if there was such a thing as a phone when we were growing up!!  So I tossed her out of the car and made her walk the rest of the way.

Let me just explain how one votes in this country before I end this rather short blog.  Wait until you read this:  You go into a room and they give you an envelope.  Then you go behind a cardboard box cutout with a desk behind it.  On the desk are little pieces of paper, each representing a party.  You take one of the pieces of paper (not two, if you take two your vote is disqualified) and you put it into your envelope and seal it.  Then you come out from behind the box and walk up to a panel of 3 people sitting at a desk and you drop it into a big box that has a big lock on it!  You would think that with today’s technology Israel would come up with something a little more advanced than that!!!!!  Anyway, I thought it was hysterical!  Talia came with me and put the envelope in the box for me.