Election Committee says votes all counted, are being checked and tested

The Central Election Committee responds to questions about the delays to the vote count, saying that the ballots have all been tallied and are now being closely checked, Hebrew media reports.

“All the votes have been counted, and we are currently in the process of testing and monitoring, including statistical tests and [checks] for anomalies,” the committee says.

“The purpose of these procedures is to tighten control over the election results and their credibility and to publish the accurate and reliable results. As we have emphasized, the publication will only be at the end of the process in the late afternoon.”