Election Committee rules: polling stations' closing time will not be extended

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The Central Elections Committee rejected the request to extend voting hours, and polling stations will close as scheduled at 22:00. According to Arutz 7, the committee convened at 19:15 under the chairmanship of Justice Noam Sohlberg to discuss the request by the coalition factions. According to Channel 14, Justice Sohlberg and the Blue and White faction opposed the request, and only two representatives supported it.

Earlier, according to Haaretz, complaints were received about long lines at polling stations, in Haifa of more than three hours and in Tayibe of almost two hours. The Elections Committee updated the instructions to polling station staff in order to speed up the entry of voters, and according to Ynet, it received the Likud's appeal on the matter and announced that it would be examined.

According to Maariv, the acting chairman of the Central Elections Committee said the vote count would be completed at noon, and according to Ynet, the estimate is that the vote count will be completed by the afternoon hours.