Panel said facing budget shortfall after last two elections; vote can't be fast-tracked because of legal requirements

Israel will go to unprecedented third vote in less than a year unless political parties managed to break deadlock by December 11

After overseeing April and September elections, Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer says 'no chance' he'll again head Central Elections Committee

Melcer also passes along testimony from poll watchers who said they arrived at posts on election day to learn someone else already there claiming to be them

Ultra-Orthodox party rejects final tally submitted week after national vote, which brought it down from eight seats to seven while Likud rose from 31 to 32

After dropping from 8 to 7 seats, ultra-Orthodox party laments that official election results were determined 'in a short timeframe'

Presenting tally after a week of counting, Justice Hanan Melcer says commission proved its role as 'a steadfast protector of Israeli democracy'

Prior to presentation of final tally to President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday, lawyers, Central Elections Committee officials, work into the night to review 2,000 polling stations

Result is second best since 1999, defying predictions of voter apathy and fatigue in the country's second national vote this year

Yisrael Aumann files complaint against Otzma Yehudit, says he doesn't disagree with party's views but won't vote for it because he doesn't believe it will make it into Knesset