22:07:
Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld reports final voter turnout nationwide, 42.6% of eligible voters.
22:15:
According to statistics released at 20:30, the highest voter turnout was in the Arab communities of Sakhnin (87%), Kabul (90%), and Akabia (92%).
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Final voter turnout for Tel Aviv reported to be a mere 22% of the city’s eligible voters, which most agree works for the incumbent, Mayor Ron Huldai. If he emerges the winner, he will begin a fifth term in office.
22:25:
All eyes remain focused on Yerushalayim where it can be anyone’s victory. Chareidi voting was high while other sectors were low, but there was a slight increase towards the later hours.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Why is it the “Police spokesman” who comments on voter turnout?
A sign that was plastered around Beit Shemesh in preparation for Israel’s municipal election may well contain the gist of the city’s turbulent elections in one sentence: “Polling stations will be available to women from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm,” the sign read. “Men will vote from 4:00 pm onward.”
The sign’s authenticity has already been challenged – haredi residents claim secular provocateurs fabricated it to create hype around Tuesday’s municipal election. Either way, Beit Shemesh is, without a doubt, in the midst of a tight fight for mayoral success that holds within it the innate impasse between the city’s secularist residents of all stripes and its religious ones.
Of Course Aboutbol, who was painted as some black horrible haredi,is really a FORMER MOVIE ACTOR and BT ,BUT HEAVEN HELP US if you and the secular oriented become aware