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Tension in full swing: long lines and high voter turnout in Bar elections | Israel Hayom

6/20/2023, 11:16:18 AM

Highlights: Polling stations opened Tuesday morning in six districts of the Israel Bar Association for the elections for the head of the bar. Huge queues are being registered at voting centers across the country, including Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Herzliya. As of 13:45 p.m., voter turnout was about 20.8% among all eligible voters, including President Michal Herzog's wife and Attorney General Gali-Baharav Miara. Today's elections are considered extremely fateful, due to the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, which has two seats for representatives.


Polling stations have opened and tension is in full swing Tens of thousands of lawyers are currently electing their representatives, with the two main contenders being Adv. Amit Bachar versus former Chamber Chairman Efi Naveh As of 13:45 p.m., voter turnout stands at about 20.8% among all eligible voters

Polling stations opened Tuesday morning in six districts of the Israel Bar Association for the elections for the head of the bar, which is being contested by attorneys Amit Bachar and Effi Naveh, and huge queues are being registered at voting centers across the country, including Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Herzliya. According to sources at the polling stations, voter turnout stands at about 20.8% among all eligible voters.

This is the turn right now for voting in the ZOA Bar Association elections. Stand it like a big one to try to stop the delusional situation in which a convicted and corrupt person will take over it again. Good luck to us. pic.twitter.com/ZJSpy8vuTf

— Lenore Deutsch (@LinorDeutsch) June 20, 2023

In six districts of the Bar Association, polling stations opened this morning for the head of the Bar Association. The Bureau is headed head-to-head by Advocates Amit Bachar and Efi Naveh. Today's elections are considered extremely fateful, due to the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, which has two seats for representatives of the Chamber.

As of 13:45 p.m., voter turnout was about 20.8% among all eligible voters, including President Michal Herzog's wife and Attorney General Gali-Baharav Miara, who also came to vote.

Voter turnout is considered relatively high, compared to about 28% who voted overall in the previous elections.

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