«Ballots in two envelopes» in Israel’s elections are votes that are counted separately and may affect the final results of the election.

This voting method enables eligible citizens who cannot vote in their designated electoral district—including Israel Defense Forces soldiers, patients hospitalized in hospitals, prisoners, and some election workers—to participate in the voting.

In this method, the ballot is placed into two envelopes. The outer envelope contains the voter’s identity information to prevent duplicate voting, while the inner envelope is used to preserve the secrecy of the vote.

These votes are processed separately from regular ballots and are usually reviewed and counted after they have been tallied. For this reason, they may affect the final distribution of seats in the Israeli parliament.

Israel’s Channel 12 reported on Wednesday evening, 6 Aban, that the Central Elections Committee’s estimate shows that the number of two-envelope votes in the parliamentary election is between 430,000 and 480,000 votes.