Election Committee Halts United Torah Judaism Voter Tracking
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
The Central Elections Committee issued a temporary order against United Torah Judaism, stopping its practice of tracking voters at polling stations. This action follows a petition by the Movement for Quality of Government, which cited violations of a Supreme Court ruling. The party must respond to the order, and the legal process is still underway.
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- The Central Elections Committee issued a temporary order against United Torah Judaism's voter tracking.
- The order stems from a petition by the Movement for Quality of Government.
- The party allegedly marked voters and reported numbers by phone outside polling stations.
- The practice is claimed to violate a Supreme Court ruling on real-time voter data.
- United Torah Judaism was ordered to respond to the committee by 2:15 PM.
The Central Elections Committee has issued a temporary order against the United Torah Judaism party, halting its practice of tracking voter turnout at polling stations. The order came in response to an urgent petition filed by the Movement for Quality of Government in Israel.
The petition cited reports and forms indicating that United Torah Judaism representatives at polling stations were instructed to mark each voter, exit the polling station, and report the numbers by phone. The party was required to respond to the order by 2:15 PM.
According to the petition, these instructions violate a Supreme Court ruling that prohibits election committee members and party observers from transmitting real-time voter information to their parties. The Movement for Quality of Government argued that manual counting and phone reporting outside the polling station do not circumvent this prohibition and give an unfair advantage to parties that comply with the rules.
The temporary order was issued by Judge Solberg, who also directed the Movement for Quality of Government to immediately serve the petition and the order to the party. The legal process is ongoing and has not yet been definitively resolved.
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