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Arab Israelis cast their vote at a voting station in Tayibe, during the Knesset elections, on November 1, 2022. (Jamal Awad/ Flash90/ File)

With election day nearly upon the country, several civil and legal rights organizations have filed legal motions to protect the integrity of the ballot and ensure that the poll is free and fair.

Their moves come against the backdrop of an announcement by Likud and the ultra-nationalist Religious Zionist party that they will be sending some 2,000 activists to polling stations in Arab towns and cities, supposedly to prevent “fraudulent votes.”

The Adalah legal rights organization filed a petition on Thursday asking the High Court of Justice to ban polling station officials from bearing firearms on site, citing the right-wing activists in particular, and concerns of voter harassment and intimidation by such activists.

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Promoted: JPPI, Rabbi Sharon Brous

The organization argued that in such circumstances, armed polling station…