With Israelis abroad preparing to fly home for Israel's October 27 election, Americans in Israel are being urged to vote in the November 3 US midterms, which will decide control of Congress, as "Republicans Overseas Israel" targets more than 500,000 eligible citizens in the country.
The effort spans TV and social media ads, volunteers, a WhatsApp and email help service, and free ballot mailing, including a representative traveling from the group's Israel-based headquarters to the US to deliver ballots by hand. It is also working with the US Embassy in Israel to make voting information easier to access.
The Republican House majority is slim, which, according to the group, makes votes from Israel potentially decisive in tight races such as the New York governor's race between Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman, the Florida Senate race between Ashley Moody and Angie Nixon, where recent polling is close, and Congressman Mike Lawler's reelection bid in New York's 17th Congressional District.
The Israeli chapter of "Republicans Overseas," the global network representing the Republican Party among American citizens living abroad, represents the Republican Party among the more than 500,000 American citizens currently living in Israel, providing voter registration assistance, ballot guidance, and get-out-the-vote activity ahead of every US election cycle. The organization helped drive a record turnout of roughly 300,000 Israeli-American voters in the 2024 presidential election.
"Our votes here in Israel can decide who controls Congress," Marc Zell, chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel, said. "We have just over two weeks left, and some of these races could come down to a few hundred votes. Every American citizen living in Israel needs to know that their vote matters, and that we're here to help them cast it."
Campaign manager Ariel Sander added: "These are elections critical to the United States, no less than the elections in Israel. Two more years of this partnership between the United States and Israel would be enormously significant for us. We cannot afford to stay home — these are the final moments. Go out, vote, and make a difference."
