Police probing possible vote tampering in union election — report

Israeli authorities are investigating suspicions of possible fraud in a recent election for the head of the powerful Histadrut labor union, Channel 2 news reports.

Incumbent Avi Nissenkorn beat out former Labor Party head Shelly Yachimovich in the tightly fought race in May with almost double the amount of votes.

According to the report, information has made its way to police leading to suspicions of vote tampering and fraud during the election, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has ordered a quick investigation, regarding the allegations as serious.

Yachimovich briefly contested the results before eventually conceding defeat. She had gone to court to allege “massive irregularities” and claimed that hundreds of ballot boxes had been “knowingly tampered with.”