Election Committee Seeks to End Confusion Over AI Videos

The Central Elections Committee is expected to convene tomorrow, Thursday, for its first preparatory meeting ahead of the upcoming elections. On the committee’s agenda are several proposals to change the election system, including dealing with campaign propaganda created using artificial intelligence and allowing people to vote in a different city without having to change their address in the population registry.

One of the main proposals concerns videos created using AI technology. Under the proposal, any such content would have to be clearly labeled and include a disclosure stating that it was produced using artificial intelligence.

The committee is also expected to discuss a mechanism for handling petitions submitted by parties and candidates. During the discussion, data will be presented showing that an unprecedented number of complaints have already been filed with the committee, even though the election date has not yet been officially set and the election campaign has not begun.

Another item on the agenda is advancing the deadline for submitting candidate lists from 47 days before the election to 50 days before it, a move that could shorten the period available to parties for mergers and splits.

In addition, a proposal will be raised that would allow voters who are not in their home city on election day, including students, yeshiva students and other populations, to request up to 74 days before the election to vote in another city, without needing to update their official address.

The committee says this is only the opening meeting, and its members may later raise additional proposals for changes to election procedures. Any proposal approved by the committee will still need to go through legislation in the Knesset, since most of the changes require legal amendments. The assessment is that if the proposals win broad agreement among party representatives, the legislation can also be advanced after the Knesset is dissolved, in line with the existing practice during a transitional government.