Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Central Elections Committee chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg said sharing information about voters who have cast ballots violates privacy law, ending a practice that allowed parties to track turnout in real time and encourage supporters who had not yet cast ballots to voteShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeChen Maanit08:35 PM • August 05 2026 IDTThe chairman of Israel's Central Elections Committee, Justice Noam Sohlberg, decided Tuesday to bar polling station committee members and party observers from reporting to political parties on Election Day which voters have cast their ballots.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israeli politicsIsraeli electionsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesMichigan PrimaryCori BushGazaHezbollahNetanyahuDavid BarneaElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastUN Says Iran Executed at Least 56 People on Security Charges Since MarchAIPAC Indicates It Will Continue Spending Against El-Sayed Through NovemberOne Killed in Israeli Strikes, Lebanon Says; IDF Says Hezbollah Broke Cease-fireIsraeli Top Court Freezes Government Funds for Haredim, West Bank SettlementsWas Grandpa a Nazi? New Databases Are Helping Germans Find OutRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab Emirates'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of CommanderIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. Violence Has Become a Source of JoyEisenkot Keeps Running Away From What Everyone Knows He Believes