Israel Elections Chief Says Vote Rigging Is Impossible

Attorney Dean Livneh, acting director general of Israel’s Election Committee, said elections in Israel cannot be rigged. Speaking at an academic conference at Reichman University, he said, “Even if I wanted to, I would not succeed.”

Livneh said the committee uses one of the world’s highest levels of protection for every citizen’s vote, combining technological and human safeguards, oversight at every stage, and supervisors at each polling station. He said the system is designed to prevent tampering with ballots and the counting process.

Addressing claims that fraud could come from inside the election apparatus, Livneh said polling stations include representatives from different factions, polling committee secretaries, supervisors and observers who check one another. “To rig elections in Israel, you would need a crazy conspiracy of tens of thousands of people,” he said.