3.3 million people, or 45 percent of eligible voters, cast ballots in the Israeli election by 2 p.m. local time.
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovOct 27, 2026
The Central Elections Committee figures reported by multiple outlets show 3,290,480 voters (about 3.3 million) and 44.9% of eligible voters had cast ballots by 2 p.m. local time on October 27, 2026, matching the claim within rounding. The extracted claim is faithful to the passage, and the figures were reported the same day as the post.
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… Right? Like, we've been talking about how excited we are about our early voting. The turnout in Israel's election is staggering. It's reached its highest level on record at the midway point, with 3.3 million people, or 45% of eligible voters, already casting ballots by 2 p.m. Local time. I don't know if you've been watching the videos from airports of Israelis coming home to vote, because you have to vote in person. It's 63,000. …
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Supports. The Central Elections Committee reported 3,290,480 voters, out of about 7.3 million, had voted by 2 p.m. local time, which matches the claimed 3.3 million.[2][3]
Supports. Turnout at 2 p.m. was reported as 44.9%, which rounds to the claimed 45 percent of eligible voters; AP reports 'almost 45%'.[1][2][4]
Supports. Haaretz, Al Jazeera, ynet and thejournal.ie independently repeat the 44.9% and roughly 3.3 million figures attributed to the Central Elections Committee.[4][5][6][7]
Context. Later reporting shows turnout rose well past this point by evening, but this does not affect the claim, which concerns the 2 p.m. snapshot.[8]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 6 not rated
- 1Live updates: Israelis cast their ballots in first elections since Oct. 7 attackapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Israel election latest: Turnout highest in decades as Netanyahu fights to keep power | CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Turnout at Israel's election has reached a record high at the halfway stagedw.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Israel Election 2026 Millions of Israelis Vote in...haaretz.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Israel's voter turnout up 15.4% compared to last electionynetnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Israel election on track for record turnout as Benjamin Netanyahu ...thejournal.ie · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Netanyahu urges supporters to vote as Israeli election sees record turnoutaljazeera.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8No clear winner in Israeli election, exit polls show | CNNedition.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: context
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