Central Elections Committee chief Justice Hanan Melcer sounds a calming tone amid accusations by multiple parties that their ballots were being stolen or vandalized at polling stations.
He tells the Walla news site that election officials had anticipated attempts to remove ballot slips from polling stations, and were replacing any missing ballots with others held in reserve for the purpose.
“The problem of the removal of ballot slips happened in the last election, too,” Melcer says. “We kept enough in reserve, and as soon as it happens, we have been providing replacements.
“As for vandalized slips, this happened at a relatively large number of places, and I have instructed that an investigation be opened, and have filed a complaint with police.”
He says “initial steps” are already being taken in that regard.
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