Knesset electoral reform: the case for common sense - opinion
Israel remains the only developed democracy with a solely national, closed-list proportional representation system that includes neither a personal nor a district-based element.
Ballots are tallied in the Knesset, a day after the parliamentary election in March 2020. Voters select the party; the names of the candidates do not even appear on the ballots, but a bill making its way through committee seeks to amend this system, the writer notes.(photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)ByASSAF SHAPIRA
