The Ministry of Interior has answered one of the lingering questions that has remained open until now regarding the new elections in Bet Shemesh (and Nazareth)..
... and that is, what are they going to do to ensure that this election is final - that there will no possibility of fraud (or serious fraud, at least - there is probably a bit of fraud in every election around the world), that there will be no claims after the election that there was fraud? If election day will run according to the same system as it did in October, what's preventing the same thing from happening again, or at least claims to that effect?
The Ministry of Interior today announced that things will be different this time around in Bet Shemesh (and Nazareth).
According to Walla News, the people working in the polling stations on March 11, 2014 during the elections will NOT come from the political parties. They will be State employees. They will be professional people with experience managing elections, and no city residents will be included in the staff.
As well, not mentioned in the Walla blurb but I saw it in a different news source, there will be increased police presence around the city. I seem to recall that in totalitarian societies and dictatorships the elections are conducted under heavy police and army presence. I hope this won't be quite like that.
I think the political parties will be able to station observers in each polling station, but they will not have any authority at all.
I doubt it will be perfect, as nothing can be, but it will be as close as possible, if the Ministry of Interior has its way.
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