Temporary order against United Torah Judaism reporting in elections

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Central Elections Committee Chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg issued a temporary order barring United Torah Judaism and its representatives from reporting the number of voters at polling stations in real time. The order was issued following a petition filed by the Movement for Quality Government. According to Arutz Sheva, Sohlberg instructed the faction to submit its response by 14:15.

According to Israel Hayom, the petition claimed that the party's representatives were instructed to record the number of voters and report it to a United Torah Judaism system. According to Ynet, the party intended to continue a procedure it had applied in previous elections, under which it launched a new initiative in which representatives talk with voters and fill out forms.

According to Israel Hayom, United Torah Judaism claimed that it only learned that morning of a supplementary High Court decision prohibiting the transfer of information by any means, and that before that it had prepared to report using non-digital means. According to Channel 13 News, the High Court ruled that real-time transfer of the information violates privacy and is not legal.