6,500 of the 12,000 eligible voters in the nation�s prisons exercised that right, representing 55%.
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Officials report that at least 25% of the eligible voters declined the privilege after learning the Interior Ministry demanded they pay NIS 110 for an identity card to permit them to vote in the general election for a prime minister and the 18th Knesset.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
