Update: Election Committee Continues To Bolster Netanyahu Campaign By
Appearing To Facilitate Voting Fraud
Dr. Aaron Lerner 14 September 2019
This week the Election Committee ridiculed Likud charges of voting fraud in
the Arab sector announcing that the police found no evidence to back Likud
claims.
But on Friday, Maariv columnist Kalman Liebskind reported that it turns out
that the police never contacted 80 of the 82 people who submitted well
documented complaints of voting fraud in the Arab sector days after the last
elections.
PM Netanyahu has requested an emergency meeting with the head of the Central
Elections Committee, Supreme Court Judge, Hanan Melcer to discuss the
situation.
So far it appears that Judge Melcer is sticking to his position that party
appointed observers cannot document voting fraud with recording devices. He
has gone so far as to invent that engaging in recording is a criminal
activity.
As explained below, these moves may very well help the Likud to get their
supporters to vote.
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Observation: The Smartest Move Of Netanyahu's Opponents Is To Support
Cameras At Polling Stations
Dr. Aaron Lerner 8 September, 2019
It appears that all the traditional centers of power of the left have joined
together with the leaders of the left-wing parties to insure a victory for
Binyamin Netanyahu and the national camp.
Here is how the situation today is perceived by Israelis associated with
and/or leaning to support the national camp:
#1. The police have opted to close the books on the numerous detailed
reports of problems at polling stations in Arab communities.
#2. The arguments presented against allowing poll observers to document
procedures with cameras fail to cite any actual laws explicitly violated by
the action but instead engage in mental gymnastics. And this as election
officials institute time consuming procedures for handling complaints of
voting-fraud-in-progress which don't jibe with the short time frame that
voting fraud takes.
Yes, the Israeli media is pulling all the stops opposing the Likud sponsored
legislation that would allow poll observers to use cameras.
But I doubt that its convincing anyone in the national camp to oppose the
law.
And when the various legal authorities weighed in against the proposed law
it only served to reinforce what is perceived as their bias against the
notional camp.
There are now two likely scenarios:
#1. The Likud sponsored law passes and the Supreme Court immediately rejects
appeals to void the law: the news cycle of the camera story ends with enough
time for something else to capture the headlines before we vote next week.
National camp voters are complacent because the threat of massive voting
fraud in the Arab sector has been addressed by the legislation.
#2. The Likud sponsored law fails to pass or is voided by the Supreme Court:
the danger of voting fraud continues to take center stage right up to
election day, with the national camp warning that only a dramatic increase
in voter participation rates can offset the voting fraud.
It is mind boggling that the left is pushing for #2.
Keep in mind: this election every Likud poll observer has an app on their
smart phone to instantly update as literally every person votes. If this
information is somehow linked to a data base of potential national camp
supporters this means that the Likud can identify in real time who hasn't
yet voted and act on it.
One would expect that this tool will be magnitudes more effective under
scenario #2.
No.
This is not a conspiracy of all the traditional centers of power of the left
together with the leaders of the left-wing parties to insure a victory for
Binyamin Netanyahu and the national camp.
Its Tic-Tac-Toe players in a chess match.
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