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The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Jewish Canadians in Israel could impact election results back home

Apr 2, 2025
19:06

When Elliot Gluck recently tried to figure out how to vote in the upcoming Canadian election from abroad in Israel, he was left scratching his head. The 23-year-old Vancouver native, currently interning at a green tech company in Tel Aviv, knew there had to be a better way to help his fellow Canadians exercise their democratic rights.

So the political science graduate spent a few days last week creating a new website, IsraelVotes.ca, which is already live. His goal is to make it easier for those eligible voters among the estimated 40,000 Canadians currently living in Israel to receive their ballots and cast their votes in what he's calling "one of the most consequential elections in recent memory," scheduled for April 28.

Gluck's website is non-partisan and completely free, and facilitates ballot delivery, including to and from the Canadian embassy in Tel Aviv. He joins Ellin Bessner on The CJN Daily to explain his motivations, the nasty antisemitic comments he's received online, and why it matters that Jewish Canadians make their voices heard this month.

Related links

  • Check out IsraelVotes.ca to learn more about how to vote from Israel in the April 28, 2025 Canadian federal election.
  • Elections Canada’s website also explains about how to vote in Canadian elections if you are Canadian abroad, no matter how long you’ve lived outside of Canada.
  • When Canada originally barred citizens living in Israel from voting from abroad, in The CJN, from 2015.

Credits

  • Host and writer: Ellin Bessner (@ebessner)
  • Production team: Andrea Varsany (producer), Zachary Kauffman (producer), Michael Fraiman (executive producer)
  • Music: Dov Beck-Levine

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