Despite some early technical snafus, more than twice as many people are voting in the World Zionist Congress election as in the previous election.
More than 52,000 votes were cast during the first week of voting, compared to 24,000 in the first week of the 2020 election, says the American Zionist Movement (AZM), which is administering the election. The election, which continues online through May 4, is well on track to shatter the previous record of 123,575 votes cast.
During the first week, about a dozen individuals reported being double-charged the $5 registration fee due to a technical issue, the organization tells The Times of Israel. Those instances have been refunded, and the AZM is working to make sure they don’t happen again, it says.
Voting in the WZO election, which will help decide how billions of dollars will be allocated to Israeli and Jewish causes, is open to Jewish adults in the US at zionistelection.org.
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