1.8 Million Shekels at Stake: Likud Demands Cancellation of New Ban at Polling Stations

Likud has petitioned Judge Noam Sohlberg to reconsider his decision prohibiting real-time reporting from polling stations, arguing it was made after the start of the election campaign. The party invested 1.8 million shekels in the 'Elector' system and requests that the ban apply only from the next elections.

Likud has approached Judge Noam Sohlberg with a request to reconsider his decision to ban party representatives from reporting in real time from polling stations who has come to vote. The party argues that the decision was made after the 'determining day' (18.07.2026), the date the Knesset went into its election recess, thereby changing the rules of the game mid-game. In Likud, they note that they signed an agreement worth 1.8 million shekels with the company 'Elector' and invested significant resources in data enrichment and security checks based on the prevailing law. They request that the ban take effect only from the next election cycle, in accordance with the principle 'truth and stability - stability is preferable.' Last Tuesday, Sohlberg decided to ban real-time reporting, and for years parties have relied on information relayed from polling stations to identify supporters who have voted and activate get-out-the-vote operations.