Likud attorney Ilan Bombach argued Thursday that the Elector election-management app serves a legitimate purpose by preventing campaign workers from contacting voters who have already cast ballots, according to his statement on the party's petition against the ban on the app's use on election day.
Likud attorney Ilan Bombach argued Thursday evening that the Elector election-management app serves a legitimate purpose by preventing campaign workers from contacting voters who have already cast ballots, offering a detailed defense of the application as the party's High Court petition proceeds. His statement reinforces the party's legal argument that the app streamlines get-out-the-vote efforts without harassing voters.
The petition was filed earlier Thursday at 14:27 Jerusalem, as The Zioneer and Channel 12's Daphna Liel reported. The dispute originated on August 4, when Central Elections Committee chair Justice Hanan Solberg ruled that party representatives may not use voter-turnout incentive apps such as Elector at polling stations, citing privacy violations. On August 6, Bombach called on Solberg to cancel the ruling, and Likud separately approached opposition parties to advance electronic voting legislation.
Attorney Shahar Ben Meir also filed a request with the Privacy Protection Authority on August 5 to prohibit such apps, citing the same privacy concerns that underpin Solberg's ruling. The High Court of Justice is now reviewing Likud's petition challenging the ban as exceeding Solberg's authority under privacy laws.
The High Court has not yet issued a ruling. The legal and legislative battle over the use of voter-tracking apps in Israeli elections continues.
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