Jerusalem turnout at 7%; Israeli-Arabs get out the vote

22 October 2013, 1:10 pm

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Around seven percent of Jerusalem residents have voted so far, up from the previously reported 4%. Army Radio reports that a computer error was responsible for the previously released low figure, and that a separate computer problem is preventing the release of voting figures from Tel Aviv.

Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar says that among Jewish citizens, the ultra-Orthodox turnout has been relatively high but turnout in secular areas has been relatively low, so far.

Sa’ar also notes that turnout has been “relatively high” in non-Jewish sectors. Israel Radio reports that in the Israeli-Arab village of Abu Ghosh, outside Jerusalem, turnout is already at 30%.