Election Committee Overturns Judge's Ban on Real-Time Voter Reporting

The Central Elections Committee has reversed a decision by Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, permitting political parties to report on voters at polling stations on election day. This ruling allows parties to utilize applications like 'Elector' for real-time updates, a practice that had been previously prohibited by Sohlberg.

The issue first came before the Supreme Court following a petition by the Likud party. The court then deferred the decision back to the Elections Committee, where the coalition holds a majority, leading to Sunday's reversal of Sohlberg's directive.

With the Elections Committee's decision, the matter is expected to return to the Supreme Court this week for a final determination on whether parties will be allowed to gather information from polling stations during elections.

Member of Knesset (MK) Simcha Rothman, who participated in the committee's discussion, stated, "It turns out that searching your phone is less of an invasion of privacy than using the practice of reporting votes on election day, which has been customary for years."

Likud's legal representative, Ilan Bombach, described Sohlberg's initial decision, which was overturned, as a "terror attack" that would "destroy the party's elections" and cause "enormous damage."