Monitor warns of delays at polling stations in Palestinian communities in Israel

Delays and long lines have been reported at polling stations in Palestinian communities in Israel, according to a monitor. Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, told Haaretz that there had been systemic delays observed. "There are numerous reports of severe slowdowns at many polling stations," said Yeela Raanan, an Adalah monitor observing election integrity in Bedouin communities. Adalah said police officers had checking voters' identities at polling station entrances and delaying their entry, while polling station committees were also conducting voting procedures slowly and asking irrelevent questions of voters irrelevant questions. Some committees, they added, allegedly closed polling station doors and suspended voting. The group said it had submitted a complaint to Israel's election committee.