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Dossier state elections 2022 The outgoing, whose election was declared invalid due to illegal methods, is accused by his main opponent of having reinstated them.
One might have thought that Meyer Habib would keep a low profile after the Constitutional Council annulled his vote in the general elections in June 2022. The judges had found “irregularities and maneuvers that could affect the sincerity of voting,” such as the use of a phone platform where operators asked voters to vote on their behalf. Not to mention using social media to spread messages on election day itself. The result in the second round was so close (193 votes) that these shortcomings were considered significant enough to warrant voting again.
“Terrible Testimonies”
It is a misunderstanding of the UDI MP related to LR, former member of Betar, a radical Jewish youth movement first elected in 2013 in the 8th constituency by expatriate French with official support of Benyamin Netanyahu, his mentor – or his “brother”, in his own words. Because it starts again, the day before the opening of the online elections, while the election in the ballot boxes takes place on April 2nd and 16th. “He has reopened the call centers that offer citizens to accompany them in their voting. My lawyer sent a reminder an hour ago. He has 48 hours to stop. Otherwise, it’s the court,” his main opponent, Déborah Abisror-de Lieme, told Libération.