Israel’s election commission says no fraud found in last week’s vote
The committee reviewed 9,069 polling stations and said corrections were made only where official records required them, rejecting fraud claims.
- Israel's Central Elections Committee announced Wednesday that an extensive review of parliamentary election results found no evidence of irregularities, dealing a significant blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attempts to discredit the vote.
- Netanyahu and his supporters repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims that Arab-led parties "stole" the vote to delegitimize their participation in the Knesset. The October 27 election left his bloc without a majority, making the Arab-led parties' seats central to forming any government.
- The Central Elections Committee examined records from 9,069 polling stations, representing approximately 75% of the country's 12,018 regular voting locations. The operation processed 2,452 submissions from political parties and candidate lists regarding potential election integrity issues.
- Acting Central Elections Committee Director-General Dean Livne emphasized the committee's commitment to transparency, stating, "This is our responsibility to the voters and to the lists that contested the election: to thoroughly investigate every claim, make corrections when needed and publish the findings transparently."
- The official election results for the 26th Knesset will be presented to the president, concluding the verification process. This outcome settles the recent challenges to Israel's electoral integrity and clears the path for coalition negotiations.
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Israeli election body rejects claims of Arab party fraud in blow for Netanyahu
Israeli electoral authorities on Wednesday rejected allegations promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fraud by Arab parties, who could hold the key to removing him from power after a divisive vote. President Isaac Herzog will at noon officially receive the results of the October 27 election as he decides whether to give Netanyahu or his rival, Gadi Eisenkot, the first chance to form a government, with neither commanding enough votes a…
The election committee does not see any evidence of irregularities with consequences for the result. Nevertheless, the dispute between the previous government and the opposition is intensifying.
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Israel's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) said Wednesday that it has found no evidence of irregularities that would compromise the October 27 elections, after examining all the complaints, including those of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud, who spoke of "the theft of the elections."
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