Likud Urges Ban on Free Hosting of Overseas Voters, Calls It Electoral Bribery
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First reported by Mako · 1 hour ago
What happened
Likud has asked Israel's Central Elections Committee to ban free hosting and transportation offered to overseas voters, calling it electoral bribery. The party's legal advisor highlighted a growing trend of Israelis abroad being offered free accommodation and rides to polling stations, which could improperly influence voting. Likud demands clear guidelines to prohibit such benefits ahead of elections.
- 01Likud requests ban on free hosting and transport for overseas voters, labeling it electoral bribery.
- 02Legal advisor Ilan Bombach calls the practice a serious new form of voter inducement.
- 03Initiative by Dr. Chen Katzavitz Persler offering free lodging to returning voters expanded rapidly.
- 04Section 123 of election law prohibits gifts or services that could influence voters.
- 05Bombach stresses no need to prove actual vote change, only potential influence.
- 06Likud urges Elections Committee to issue clear rules forbidding such benefits.
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