[EL] Beit Shemesh

[Justin Levitt]

Others know more about the Beit Shemesh case than I.  But for what it's 
worth, the website Rick mentioned 
<http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2013/11/dead-men-voted-the-scope-of-haredi-beit-shemesh-voter-fraud-continues-to-grow-345.html> 
includes allegations that the impersonation fraud was executed with the 
assistance of pollworkers, and *with* ID cards.

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Justin Levitt
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On 2/12/2014 9:07 PM, Rick Hasen wrote:
>
>
>     Israeli Supreme Court Orders New Elections in Beit Shemesh,
>     Nazareth: Voter Impersonation Fraud in Beit Shemesh case
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58716>
>
> Posted on February 12, 2014 2:23 pm 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=58716>by Rick Hasen 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Jerusalem Post. 
> <http://www.jpost.com/National-News/A-triple-revolution-Beit-Shemesh-Nazareth-and-Grunis-moves-to-background-341261>
>
> The Beit Shemesh case has been fascinating to watch, as it seems to 
> involve a fair amount of real live impersonation fraud. Since I can't 
> find any modern U.S. cases where this has been a major problem, it is 
> useful to examine why it was a problem in Beit Shemesh (especially 
> given that they use voter id to vote in Israel). And the answer seems 
> to be that those engaging in the fraud were doing so on order of their 
> rabbis. That is, they were motivated by a religious desire. 
> (Interestingly, the same allegation figures into recent allegations 
> ofvoter fraud in Brooklyn <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55279>.)
>
> For those wanting to keep up with the Beit Shemesh case, the Failed 
> Messiah 
> <http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2013/12/court-overturns-beit-shemesh-election-due-to-haredi-voter-fraud-567.html>website 
> is indispensable.
>
> Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, election 
> administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
>
>

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