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On March 23rd, Israelis will trudge to the polls to cast their ballots<\/a>\u00a0yet again in our fourth election \u201cdo-over\u201d of the last two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is the first time Israel will have held four elections within a two-year period (and there\u2019s absolutely no guarantee we won\u2019t be facing a fifth within a very short time).<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s democracy is a vibrant work in process, and this isn\u2019t the only historic first the country has experienced.<\/p>\n

Join us for a tour of 20 other election firsts in Israel.<\/p>\n

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  1. In 1949, signs exhorting citizens to \u201cGo and Vote!\u201d were posted to notify building residents about the location of their polling stations for the first elections to take place in the newly established State of Israel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    \u201cGo and vote!\u201d exhorts a 1949 poster notifying residents of the location of their polling station in Israel\u2019s first elections, the National Library of Israel collections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    1. That same year was the first in which a women\u2019s party, formed by the Women\u2019s Zionist Organization (WIZO),took part. Although only receiving enough votes to earn it a single seat in the first Knesset, WIZO did sound the call for equal rights.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      A women\u2019s party organized by the Women\u2019s Zionist Organization won a seat in the 1949 elections, the National Library of Israel collections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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      1. The elections for the second Knesset, in 1951, were in fact the first Knesset elections, as the 1949 elections were actually for a National Assembly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        The massive waves of immigration, symbolized by welcoming open gates, would be a deciding force in the 1951 elections, the National Library of Israel collections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

        New immigrants were a deciding force, as large numbers of immigrants had come to Israel in mass waves and were eligible to vote. The \u201cIngathering of the Exiles\u201d was celebrated in this poster for Hapoel HaMizrachi- Mizrachi Workers party (one of the predecessors of the National Religious Party).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

        This article was originally published on the Israel21c website, read the rest of it here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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