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Former Patriot Panelist Musi Raz Cleared to Run in Meretz Slot in Democratic Party Primaries
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First reported by Srugim · 3 hours ago
What happened
The Democratic Party's appeals committee reinstated Musi Raz and Avi Dabush to run in the Meretz slot in the party's primaries after a technical registration error led to their initial disqualification. Both candidates met all substantive eligibility criteria, and the ruling ends a major dispute ahead of the internal elections.
- 01Democratic Party appeals committee overturned disqualification of Musi Raz and Avi Dabush.
- 02Initial ban was due to a technical error in party registration, not substantive eligibility.
- 03Raz and Dabush met all conditions including Meretz membership and fee payment.
- 04Both had been previously approved as Meretz representatives at the party convention.
- 05Raz criticized the disqualification as an attempt to erase his long Meretz activism.
- 06The ruling allows them to compete in the Meretz slots in the Democratic Party primaries.
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