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Election Committee fines Shas for giving voters protective charms, blessings
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Central Elections Committee has fined the Shas party NIS 7,500 ($2,150) for distributing charms, blessings and booklets to voters at polling stations.
The ultra-Orthodox party is said to have promised voters that the trinkets would protect them from coronavirus infection.
Labor-Gesher-Meretz had appealed to the CEC to fine Shas, saying the practice constituted election bribery.
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