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Monday, March 2, 2020
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Monday, March 2, 2020
Vote-counters said refusing to touch ballots cast by quarantined Israelis
Election officials are refusing to count the 4,076 ballots cast by Israelis who could be carrying the deadly coronavirus, according to reports.
The boxes of slips from the special polling stations where citizens under home quarantine were permitted to vote remain untouched, the reports say.
It remains unclear who will be responsible for counting these ballots, with Channel 12 saying medics could be tasked with the job.
Thousands of Israelis were ordered to self-quarantine for 14 days after returning from East Asian countries and Italy, areas where the COVID-19 virus has infected tens of thousands.
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