As Israelis continued to head to polling stations around the country Tuesday afternoon, several parties reported problems with their voting slips at some locations.
In the Israeli electoral system, voters select a ballot representing their preferred party from an array, then put it in an envelope that will be counted.
The New Hope party filed a formal complaint with the Central Elections Committee claiming that its ballots had been removed from several stations in Haifa, Sderot, Yavne and Ramle. They called the disappearances “systematic” and “nationwide.”
Meanwhile, at least two ballot stations, one in Haifa and the other in Beersheba, reported the disappearance of ballots for the predominantly Arab Joint List party.
Yisrael Beytenu reported that its ballot notes in two polling stations in Ashkelon had been hidden underneath slips for the ultra-Orthodox Shas party and the Likud party.
The Religious Zionism Party said that its ballot slips were disappearing from polling stations in ultra-Orthodox areas of Ashdod, as well as from other sites in Ramat Gan and Petah Tikva, according to the Srugim website.
Meanwhile, police reported isolated incidents of irregularities including suspicions of forged voting at a number of locations around the country, as well as banned campaigning activities in several places that were quickly dealt with by officers.
Read more at Times of Israel.
{Matzav.com}
