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Mofaz supporters blame disqualified Rahat votes for loss to Livni
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Kadima, Rahat, Shaul Mofaz 

Supporters of Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz were furious on Thursday, claiming that disorderly conduct at the ballot box in the Bedouin city of Rahat had blocked their candidate from the Kadima leadership.

Mofaz lost the race to replace outgoing prime minister Ehud Olmert to Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who beat him by only 431 votes.


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ut the ballots cast in Rahat, which are believed to have represented roughly 430 votes, were disqualified after political activists threw the ballot box out the window.


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      1.   these are criminals should be charged and jailed if convicted 07:14  |  ralph 19/09/08
      2.   voting must occur, votes can not be lost due to criminals 07:14  |  ralph 19/09/08
      3.   this is wrong votes must count and be re-done if necessary 07:15  |  ralph 19/09/08
      4.   cry baby 09:53  |  yoni 19/09/08
      5.   A mis-throw... or not....?! 10:13  |  Esther 19/09/08
      6.   Livni does not deserve to be PM - Period 10:51  |  Rolland 19/09/08
      7.   to cry baby - he didn`t really lose 10:58  |  Randi 19/09/08
      8.   Israel = Western style democracy....???? 11:05  |  Swiss (Dino) 19/09/08
      9.   430 would have turned around 410? Get real 11:42  |  David Teich 19/09/08
      10.   KADIMA CORRUPTION 12:50  |  JoJo 19/09/08
      11.   How many Mofaz articles are there over here? 14:14  |  S 19/09/08
      12.   "political activists"? 16:18  |  michelle 19/09/08
      13.   8: Dino`s denial dance -- dull drivel 15:26  |  David Teich 20/09/08
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