High Court Bars Real-Time Digital Turnout Reports to Parties From Polling Stations

The High Court of Justice accepted a petition on October 22 challenging real-time digital turnout reports from polling stations to political parties. Polling-station committee members and observers representing factions or candidate lists may not digitally count how many electors have actually voted at a particular station during election day and transmit those figures in real time to the party or list they represent. Justices Khaled Kabub and Ruth Ronen formed the majority in favor of the prohibition. Panel head David Mintz dissented.