Candidates urged voters to engage in their democratic right as soon as possible, as most polls closed at 5 p.m., and there were long queues.
The Bar said that Tuesday will see 77,201 lawyers go to one of 171 polling stations across 67 towns in Israel and submit up to four different colored ballots.
Efi Nave and the Zionist Legal Initiative signed an agreement to join and divide votes between them in the Bar Association's upcoming election.
Top members of the Israel Bar Association vie ahead of elections, debating over the Israeli government's proposed judicial reform.
"This is the reform that needs to be done," said Nave, as ongoing judicial reform negotiations and debates continued in the country.
The Bar's acting chairman was told not to engage in politics otherwise he would be ousted.
MQG stated that "Efi Nave should be disqualified mainly for being a criminal and not for procedural matters."
The new Zionist Legal Initiative faction said that the current composition of the Bar makes it an extension of the political opposition.
"A person running for such a high position in the judiciary must not be caught, time after time, breaking the law."
Though Naveh resigned as the Bar head in 2019 over a scandal, Israeli sources reported that he had gained enough signatures to run for reelection.
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