Long Lines and Bad Weather: Likud, Shas and Otzma Yehudit Request Extension of Voting Hours
- Likud asked Central Elections Committee Chairman Judge Noam Sohlberg to extend voting hours by one hour because of long lines and congestion at polling stations.
- Attorney Ilan Bombach said rainy weather and long waits could prevent some citizens from voting before polling stations closed.
- Shas and Otzma Yehudit joined Likud’s request to keep polling stations open beyond 10 p.m.
- The Yashar Party opposed the request, saying no exceptional event justified changing the scheduled voting hours and warning it could undermine trust in the election.
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