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Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer, the chairman of the Central Elections Committee, presents the official results of the elections for the 22nd Knesset to President Reuven Rivlin (unseen), at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Elections czar says there was no foreign interference in September elections
By TOI staff
Hanan Melcer positively cites Israel’s use of paper ballots rather than computerized system, says anonymous campaign ads on social media went way down after ban
Supreme Court Justice Neal Hendel on July 25, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 8, 2019, 4:22 pm
Supreme Court judge Neal Hendel chosen to head Central Election Committee
Chief justice informs Knesset speaker of decision, with fresh national vote likely to be called this week for March; predecessor Hanan Melcer had said ‘no chance’ he’d do it again
By TOI staff
Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer, the chairman of the Central Elections Committee, presents the official results of the elections for the 22nd Knesset to President Reuven Rivlin (unseen), at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 7, 2019, 12:54 pm
Elections czar says there was no foreign interference in September elections
Hanan Melcer positively cites Israel’s use of paper ballots rather than computerized system, says anonymous campaign ads on social media went way down after ban
By TOI staff
Knesset legal adviser Eyal Yinon attends a Knesset committee meeting on June 6, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 6, 2019, 1:34 pm
3/3 for vote 3: Knesset legal adviser sets March 3 for possible third elections
Israel will go to unprecedented third vote in less than a year unless political parties manage to break deadlock by December 11
By TOI staff
Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer, the chairman of the Central Elections Committee, presents the official results of the elections for the 22nd Knesset to President Reuven Rivlin (unseen), at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 14, 2019, 10:33 pm
Elections czar: Leave me out if third round of voting held
After overseeing April and September elections, Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer says ‘no chance’ he’ll again head Central Elections Committee
By TOI staff
File: Officials count the ballots from soldiers and absentees at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general election, April 10, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 16, 2019, 10:33 pm
Election czar urges probes into voting fraud at 30 polling stations
Melcer also passes along testimony from poll watchers who said they arrived at posts on election day to find someone else already there claiming to be them
By Jacob Magid
Central Election Committee chairman Hanan Meltzer presents the official results of the elections to the 22nd Knesset to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, at the President's residence in Jerusalem, on September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 25, 2019, 3:41 pm
Elections Committee publishes final results, hands them to president
Presenting tally after week-long count, Justice Melcer says commission proved a ‘steadfast protector of Israeli democracy’; Rivlin praises ‘free elections… without fear or favor’
By Raoul Wootliff
Lawyers at the Knesset in Jerusalem check votes cast during elections on September 17, in a final review prior to presentation of the results to President Reuven Rivlin, September 23, 2019. (Sue Surkes).
September 23, 2019, 10:44 pm
Scores of lawyers still scouring ballots to ensure accurate final result
Prior to presentation of final tally to President Rivlin on Wednesday, lawyers and Central Elections Committee officials work into the night to review 2,000 polling stations
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem during the Knesset elections, April 9, 2019. (Haim Zach/GPO)
September 16, 2019, 6:08 pm
Election czar: Despite camera ban, politicians can say cheese as they vote
Central Elections Committee head says media can still take photos of leaders as they cast their ballots, though candidates and MKs must not campaign
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer, chairman of the Central Elections Committee, at the Knesset on April 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2019, 6:05 pm
Elections Committee head was told vote could be delayed due to war – report
As PM pushed last week for ‘far-reaching’ response to Gaza rocket that forced him off stage, national security adviser said to have alerted Hanan Melcer elections might be put off
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks in the Knesset on September 15, 2019, two days before elections. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2019, 4:21 pm
Vowing annexation, charging voter fraud, ‘King Bibi’ looks poised to extend rule
If polls are in the ballpark, Netanyahu’s tactics will have worked and next Knesset will represent more hawkish Israeli electorate, undeterred by his attacks on media, cops, judges
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement in the Knesset on September 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2019, 6:09 am
Netanyahu alleges ‘rampant’ Arab voter fraud scandal, but his claim is unfounded
PM insists law enforcement not properly probing ballot infractions in Arab sector; official says Likud’s officials endured threats, but those cases did not amount to voter fraud
By Jacob Magid
An Arab Israeli man prepares to vote in Israel's parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019, at a school-turned-polling station in the northern Israeli town of Taibe. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
September 15, 2019, 10:13 pm
With cameras banned, new right-wing patrol seeks to ‘prevent Arab voter fraud’
Election czar set to rule on new initiative by settler leaders that would see dozens stand outside polling stations to provide ‘feeling of security’ for ballot officials inside
By Jacob Magid
Justice Hanan Melcer, chairman of the Central Elections Committee. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 15, 2019, 3:27 pm
Elections chief turns down Netanyahu’s request to meet over ‘election fraud’
Hanan Melcer cites ‘tight schedule’ two days before ballot in refusing PM’s call to discuss claims of voter fraud in Arab towns, panned by opponents as Likud campaign stunt
By TOI staff
Central Elections Committee head Justice Hanan Melcer at the Knesset, April 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 14, 2019, 5:13 pm
Opposition slams PM’s request for talks with Melcer over ‘election fraud’
Netanyahu’s call for meeting with Central Elections Committee head comes as his Likud party pushes claims of rampant voter fraud among Arabs in last election
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Jordan Valley as he gives a statement, promising to extend Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea area, in Ramat Gan on September 10, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
September 13, 2019, 12:41 am
Netanyahu, Likud fined for electioneering during Jordan Valley declaration
Election Committee chief slaps NIS 30,000 penalty on prime minister and his party for backtracking on promise not to include campaign propaganda during live TV statement
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
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