Election Committee Halts Real-Time Vote Count Reporting by UTJ
Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba
The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg, has issued an interim order to United Torah Judaism (UTJ) forbidding them from reporting real-time voter numbers from polling stations. This action follows a petition by the Movement for Quality of Government, citing concerns over a violation of a High Court of Justice ruling. The report that triggered the petition alleged UTJ poll workers were using a tracking form to monitor voter turnout and report it to the party.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Central Elections Committee Chairman Noam Sohlberg ordered UTJ to stop real-time voter reporting.
- The order follows a petition by the Movement for Quality of Government.
- Concerns were raised about violating a High Court of Justice ruling on data transfer.
- A report alleged UTJ poll workers used a tracking form to monitor voters.
- The form instructed workers to record voter times and report numbers to the party.
The Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg, issued an interim order Tuesday prohibiting the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) faction and its representatives at polling stations from reporting the number of voters in real-time. The order stems from an urgent petition filed by the Movement for Quality of Government, which expressed concern over a potential violation of a High Court of Justice ruling that forbids the transfer of voting data from polling stations to political parties.
The petition was prompted by a report from journalist Yoeli Barim, who revealed that UTJ poll workers had received a "Voting Rate Tracking Form." This form instructed them to mark each voter who cast a ballot, record the time, and report the number of voters to Degel HaTorah's system. Judge Sohlberg's order is an initial step to prevent any potential breach of election integrity and the court's previous directives.
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