Elections for the 19th Knesset

The Knesset page for the elections for the 19th Knesset has some informative material in English, and this Hebrew warning from the Gripe Police:

 

(Translation: If you want to continue to gripe, fulfill your civic duty and go vote on Election Day. Remember, if you don't vote, your griping rights will be voided for the next four years. On Election Day, vote and then afterwards feel free to complain.)

There is scheduled to be a rally in Jerusalem's Kikar Shabbos tonight organized by the Eida Chareidis urging people not to vote. The Satmar Rebbe from Williamsburg is scheduled to attend.

The Degel Hatorah party distributed flyers this morning countering those who say religious Jews should not vote in the elections. Their main argument was that not voting is not a neutral statement. It saps the strength of the religious sector and give the anti-religious parties a greater majority.  

If you are going to attend the rally, please send in some photos, and remember according to the Knesset Election Law: Any person who does one of the following can expect to be punished... Influences the voter's choice of a list of candidates through the use of oaths, curses, excommunication, or blessings.

*UPDATE*
According to the Times of Israel, the Degel HaTorah party did not heed my warning and was offering blessings to those who vote for the party. Disaster was averted, however, when:

Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, head of the Central Elections Committee suggested changing the text from “blessed with” to “merited with.” Another sentence that had the phrase “will be blessed from the source of all blessings” should be altered to “will merit all goodness from the source of all bounty,” Rubinstein ordered.