Election Committee Completes Count of Outer Ballot Envelopes
Translated & summarized from Makor Rishon by baba
The Central Election Committee has finished counting votes from outer envelopes for the 26th Knesset elections. Over 10,000 workers participated in the process, which processed over 5.5 million votes from 12,644 ballot boxes. Preliminary results are not final, with official results to be published next Wednesday after further checks.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- The Central Election Committee finished counting votes from outer envelopes for the 26th Knesset elections.
- The operation involved approximately 10,000 workers and processed over 5.5 million votes.
- Results from 12,644 ballot boxes have been processed, with 5,564,764 valid votes.
- Preliminary results are not final and will undergo further integrity checks.
- Official election results are scheduled to be published next Wednesday.
The Central Election Committee announced on Thursday that the counting of votes from outer envelopes for the 26th Knesset elections has concluded. The final number of envelopes will be released later. Approximately 10,000 workers were involved in this complex operation, which took place in several locations within the Knesset. Currently, results from 12,644 ballot boxes have been processed, representing 5,589,836 votes. Of these, 5,564,764 were valid and 25,072 were invalid. A portion of these counted ballot boxes, 673, represent the distribution of batches for the outer envelope counting process. The results from the remaining outer envelopes are now being entered and verified. Following these procedures, final results will be announced at a press conference from the Central Election Committee's control center. The results released at this stage are not definitive. An additional election integrity check will be conducted after their publication. The official results are scheduled for release next Wednesday.
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