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Central Elections Committee allows parties to use real-time voting data on election day

From Times of Israel · () English

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  • Israel’s Central Elections Committee approved a system allowing party-appointed poll workers to share real-time information about who has voted.
  • Campaigns may not receive the time of a person’s vote, and the data must be destroyed after the election.

Israel’s Central Elections Committee has allowed parties to use real-time voting information on election day, in a decision described as a boost to Likud.

Party-appointed poll workers may share with their campaigns which voters have already cast ballots. They may not disclose when those people voted, and the information must be destroyed after the election.

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