The Democratic National Committee has disqualified on “technical grounds” all 651 ballots cast by American citizens living in Israel for delegates to the Democratic nominating convention which opens in New York next month. The ballots were voided because the 39 candidates for delegate were not each provided with a list of all registered American voters in Israel, according to a cable received by the National Committee representatives in Israel. Another reason given was that delegates known to favor “pro-Israel” candidates had received recommendations on National Committee letterheads.
The Democratic National Committee maintains an office in London where the overseas ballots were tallied June 2. Of a total of 1.5 million Americans living outside the U.S., 8000 registered to vote for convention delegates and 3000 actually cast ballots. The candidate in Israel to receive the largest number of votes was Dr. Miron Sheskin who polled 795 of which 144 were cast by Americans living in countries other than Israel.
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