Waiting for the vote count: Will Gila Gamliel drop to an unrealistic spot?
As first revealed in "Hayom", discrepancies were found in several polling stations between the actual results and the manual protocols. This evening, the party court ruled to reject Minister Gamliel's request to stop the vote count at the polling station in Be'er Ya'akov.
The Likud party court rejected the request of Minister Gila Gamliel to stop the recount of votes at the polling station in Be'er Ya'akov, a result that could lead to MK Eti Atiya pushing Minister Gamliel out of her spot on the list, effectively moving her to an unrealistic spot.
The court determined that the Likud election committee is required to complete the counting process and the decision on the claims by this coming Sunday, in order to allow time for filing petitions and discussing them. Meanwhile, the movement's legal advisor is required to respond to the claims of Minister Gamliel regarding the recount of the polling station and the gaps between the results.
Eight days after the Likud primaries, the party has still not completed the decision on all the claims and complaints regarding the counting of votes, the tallies, the summary of votes, and the results. The situation is causing discomfort among officials in the party, as the election committee is required to complete its work as soon as possible.
Among other things, the legal advisor is required to explain what was the basis for the election committee's decision to recount the polling station in Be'er Ya'akov. As part of the response, he was asked to also attach the election committee's protocol and the decision that was made on the matter.
Another question that the advisor is required to address is the claim that the election committee refrained from discussing claims raised by other candidates regarding irregularities, while in the case of MK Atiya's appeal, it acted differently.
In addition, the legal advisor is required to clarify whether there was a change in the results between the situation as it was at the end of counting 100% of the polling stations and the results that were published afterwards, as the petitioner claims. If there were indeed changes, the advisor is required to explain how this happened.
The delay in completing the process comes against the background of a stormy internal election, at the end of which the Likud list for the Knesset was chosen, but various claims also arose regarding the counting procedure and the results. Now, the party is seeking to complete the process by the set date, so that if additional petitions are filed, it will be possible to discuss them before the final list is closed.
