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Likud Petitions Supreme Court Over Election Watch Ban
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By יעל יפה
First reported by Arutz Sheva · 7 days ago
What happened
Israel's Supreme Court heard a petition from the Likud party challenging a ban on real-time voter turnout tracking at polling stations. Justices raised concerns about privacy and the legal basis for such tracking, while defending the election committee chairman's authority to issue the ban.
- 01Likud petitioned the Supreme Court against a ban on real-time voter turnout tracking.
- 02Justices questioned the privacy implications and legal basis of the tracking.
- 03The court defended the election committee chairman's authority to issue the ban.
- 04Likud argued the ban severely damages their election campaign efforts.
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