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Israeli official: higher turnout in Knesset elections may delay announcing results

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Dean Livne, acting director general of Israel's Central Elections Committee, said higher turnout could increase absentee voting and delay vote counting. According to the committee, counting of absentee ballots, cast outside regular polling stations, will begin this evening.

Israel's Central Elections Committee oversees national elections and announces official results after votes are counted at polling stations.

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