It is forbidden to track voters: United Torah Judaism seeks ways to bypass High Court ruling

The High Court of Justice prohibited party representatives at polling stations from transmitting real-time information about voters' identities. United Torah Judaism is now seeking alternatives to its traditional get-out-the-vote mechanism, including a telephone hotline, activists outside polling stations, and dividing voters among activists who will personally ensure they have voted. The party is preparing for a major challenge on election day.

The High Court of Justice banned party representatives at polling stations from transmitting real-time information about voters' identities, preventing United Torah Judaism from using the get-out-the-vote mechanism it has employed for years. Campaign teams are holding frantic discussions to formulate an alternative mechanism. Options under consideration include establishing a telephone hotline that voters would be asked to call after voting; stationing activists outside polling stations to try to identify voters; and recruiting activists, each responsible for several dozen voters, to ensure they arrive at the polls. The party is aware of the limitations of each method. The difficulty comes amid concerns over low voter turnout in the Haredi community, due to calls to abstain from voting over the failure to advance the draft exemption law and anti-Zionist activity. Rabbi Dov Landau harshly criticized the calls to abstain from voting. Meanwhile, the party is also reaching out to working and modern Haredim, an audience not previously the focus of campaigns.