Likud Files Supreme Court Petition Against Election Committee Chair Over Voter Data Ban

First reported by Now 14 · 17 hours ago

What happened

Likud has petitioned Israel's Supreme Court against a ruling by Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg that bans parties from receiving real-time voter turnout data to protect privacy. The Privacy Protection Authority will enforce the ban, but Likud argues it disrupts established election practices and seeks to suspend the ruling.

• 01Likud petitions Supreme Court against ban on real-time voter turnout data sharing.
• 02The ban was issued by Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg in early August.
• 03The ruling aims to protect voter privacy under the Privacy Protection Law.
• 04Privacy Authority head Gilad Samama confirmed enforcement and warned of penalties.
• 05Likud claims the ban changes election rules mid-process, harming party reliance interests.
• 06Sohlberg allows public release of aggregated polling station turnout data for transparency.

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Now 14Right · Hebrew2 hours ago

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