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Democrats Party Closes Voter Registry with Record 112,000 Members Ahead of Primaries

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Democrats Party Closes Voter Registry with Record 112,000 Members Ahead of Primaries
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First reported by Srugim · 2 hours ago

What happened

The Democrats party in Israel closed its voter registry with a record 112,376 members ahead of July 20 primaries, marking the largest membership since the 1990s and highlighting their democratic candidate selection process.

  • 01The Democrats party closed its voter registry with over 112,000 members for July 20 primaries.
  • 02This is the highest membership count for the party since the 1990s.
  • 0351 candidates will compete for Knesset list positions in the primaries.
  • 04Party CEO Omer Loveton Granot criticized Likud's centralized candidate selection.
  • 05Democrats claim to be Israel's largest democratic party with a strong internal democracy.
  • 06The primaries will determine the party list for the 27th Knesset elections.

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Yair Golan
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Kikar HaShabbatRight · Hebrew2 hours ago
Democrats Party Closes Voter Registry with Record 112,000 Members Ahead of Primaries
SrugimRight · Hebrew2 hours ago
Democrats Party Sees Record Membership Ahead of 2026 Primaries

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