Judge Noam Solberg, chairman of Israel's Central Elections Committee, rejected on Sunday a request to revisit his recent ruling that prohibits party representatives at polling stations from transmitting real-time information about individual voter identities to their party headquarters.
In his decision, Solberg clarified that the ruling does not alter election law close to the voting date, but rather interprets existing legislation, specifically an explicit provision in Israel's Privacy Protection Law.
He noted that in recent years, successive chairmen of the Central Elections Committee have raised doubts about the legality of the practice of sharing voter identity information.
Accordingly, political parties should have prepared in advance for the possibility that the practice would be deemed illegal, including by advancing legislation to regulate the issue.
At the same time, the Elections Committee chairman requested that Knesset factions and other parties involved in the proceedings propose practical alternatives that would enable them to encourage voters to exercise their right to vote while maintaining the principles established in his decision, particularly the protection of voter privacy.
