What was President Carters role in mediating the terms of voting in Jerusalem?
Carroll: During the morning of the election, it became apparent that the voting lists used in the six post offices in East Jerusalem bore no correlation to the voters who were seeking to vote. In one location, by 11 a.m., not one voter of some 45 who had shown up appeared on the voter list. These six post office sites were selected as a result of a political compromise between the Palestinians and the Israelis. There are many Palestinians living in East Jerusalem who wished to vote. For the Israelis, having the voting take place at post offices allowed them to consider the votes as similar to casting ‘absentee ballots.’ These post office polling sites were of particular concern to us because there were problems in such sites in 1996, and earlier this year the Israelis shut down registration there. Hodes: At one post office we visited with President Carter, tensions were rising as people were becoming very upset because they were not being allowed to vote. President Carter decided to go
