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Israeli court cancels mayoral vote in town divided by religion
Source: Reuters
Israeli court cancels mayoral vote in town divided by religion
JERUSALEM Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:25am EST
(Reuters) - An Israeli court dealt a blow on Thursday to the ultra-Orthodox community's political hold over a town that has been a focus of national divisions between the Jewish state's secular majority and its religious minority.
Citing voter fraud in Beit Shemesh, a town of 80,000, a court in nearby Jerusalem cancelled the result of an October mayoral election, won by the ultra-Orthodox incumbent Moshe Abutbul, and ordered a new ballot.
It used evidence from a police investigation that found some people had voted with others' identity cards, and non-residents had been able to cast ballots using fake addresses.
Abutbul stoked controversy during campaigning when he said on television there were no gays in what he called his "holy and pure" town, a once largely secular, working-class community.
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JERUSALEM Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:25am EST
(Reuters) - An Israeli court dealt a blow on Thursday to the ultra-Orthodox community's political hold over a town that has been a focus of national divisions between the Jewish state's secular majority and its religious minority.
Citing voter fraud in Beit Shemesh, a town of 80,000, a court in nearby Jerusalem cancelled the result of an October mayoral election, won by the ultra-Orthodox incumbent Moshe Abutbul, and ordered a new ballot.
It used evidence from a police investigation that found some people had voted with others' identity cards, and non-residents had been able to cast ballots using fake addresses.
Abutbul stoked controversy during campaigning when he said on television there were no gays in what he called his "holy and pure" town, a once largely secular, working-class community.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/26/us-israel-election-idUSBRE9BP0BW20131226
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