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Ballots being counted on March 4, 2020. (Flash90) In the run-up to the March 2020 Knesset election, one major question was what voter turnout would look like. Israel had never had a political stalemate that led to two consecutive elections, let alone three, and many feared that voter apathy and disapproval of the gridlock would keep people at home. In the end, over 71.5 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, one of the highest turnouts in decades, topping the 68.46% that showed up in April 2019 and 69.83% that voted less than six months later. One thing that may have helped turnout was the coronavirus. While most restrictions on travel were not yet in place, by March 2, the Health Ministry was already urging Israelis to not go abroad, El Al was laying off employees and Israelis who had been in China, Italy and some other destinations were being forced into a 14-day quarantine, with expectations that the roster of destinations would only expand. Many who had travel pl ....