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The Supreme Court's nine-judge panel unanimously decided to cancel the decision by the Central Elections Committee to disqualify Balad from running in the elections.
The Central Elections Committee (CEC) sets out how Israel’s electoral system works: “Israel has an electoral system based on nation-wide proportional representation. In other words, the number of seats that each list receives in the Knesset - the House of Representatives - is proportional to the number of votes it received⦠the only limitation placed on a list which participated in the elections that can keep it from being elected is that it must pass the qualifying threshold, which is currently 3.25%.â The CEC explains the historical background for this unique voting system: ...