Sa’ar estimates turnout will reach 50 percent

22 October 2013, 11:18 pm

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Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar, running the show from an elections situation room in Ramat Gan, estimates that when all is said and done, voter turnout will stand at around 50 percent, the Walla news outlet reports.

In 2008, 51.8 percent of eligible voters turned out at the polls, a number that was also considered low at the time.

Sa’ar adds that ballot counters will tally council votes first before moving onto mayors, and smaller cities will have results before larger ones.

He also tells Walla that his ministry is looking into the idea of computerizing elections, and leaving the system of ballot slips tucked into envelopes used until now.

And lastly, he adds that he thinks Ron Huldai will win the Tel Aviv election for mayor.