The Swing State of Israel

An estimated 42,000 registered US voters living in Israel will be casting their absentee votes in swing states such as Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, say experts and others familiar with the expatriate vote.


That could have an important effect on the turnouts of those elections, according to Shimon Greenspan, director of the nonpartisan Vote From Israel organization, which helps Americans living in Israel to register and cast their absentee ballots.


“If the election is close, as it was in the past two (presidential) elections, then the deciding votes could be coming from Israel,” he told The Jerusalem Post.


The Israeli newspaper headlined the story, “Israel to become Ultimate Swing State.”


http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/israel_us_voters/2008/10/23/143273.html