Election Day

- in Israel.

At the time of this post, it's about 7 PM. Israeli polls close at 10 PM, although they may stay open a little later due to some severe storms that have rolled through during the day. Overall turnout is estimated to be around 70-75%.

Word has it that Likud and Kadima are running neck and neck with several of the smaller right-wing partys picking up seats, especially at the expense of the Arab parties. I'll try and update again when I can see some exit polling data (should be around 3 PM EST).

UPDATE:

Exit polls indicate that Kadima leads Likud by 2 seats, but that right-wing parties in general beat the left 65-55. Full results will probably not be available until the wee hours, Israel time. Early talk is about a possible National Unity government. We'll see when we have full results tomorrow.