Referendum and regional elections, tellers on the run: Covid effect



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Alarm tellers for the electoral round that opens on Sunday morning and will close on Monday at 3 p.m. From north to south, resignations are reported by the persons designated to carry out the scrutiny for the referendum, the regional and administrative vote. It is the Covid effect, which adds, therefore, to the historical phenomenon of last minute desertions. This year, with the fear of contagion, the flight of the scrutineers runs the risk of acquiring worrying dimensions. There are no official figures for now complete, the news that rebounds causes fear of great inconveniences and long lines at the polls, especially where they will vote not only for the referendum, but also to elect regional presidents and mayors. In Puglia, where both regional and municipal ones will be held in various territories, 200 civil protection volunteers have been put on early warning to replace chairmen of seats and secretaries when necessary. According to what happens, in all the provinces of Apulia there are high rates of resignation, that in some cases almost 70% of the appointed tellers.

The phenomenon does not only affect the south. In Imperia, for example, 114 desertions of 180 scrutineers were counted and the race to appoint substitutes began. The vote for the regional elections in Liguria and the referendum will be absolutely safe because the seats are already places of social distance: the secret of the vote, the one by one entry at the polls, the sanitation are an absolute guarantee of Security, he tried to reassure Governor Toti , which was running for the renewal of the mandate. On the other hand, eighty in the city of Naples (of the 885 appointed by the Court of Appeal) the presidents who have already resigned from their position. From the citizens in these hours I have gathered a lot of fear and concern, especially from the elderly, regarding the risk that seats can become a hotbed explains Stefano Caldoro, center-right candidate for the Presidency of the Region.

Desertions are also reported in Milan, where, however, there were also many requests from people who volunteered for voting operations. However, the Municipality has launched a call to citizens through social networks to make them available. We inform the citizens of the Municipality of Milan that we are looking for chairmen of seats for the constitutional referendum – read the message -. It is possible to submit your application directly to the Electoral Office in Via Messina 52 until 4 pm today, just bring an identity document. In Genoa, following the resignation of about a third of the tellers – 855 out of 2,644 appointments – the City Council published an announcement on Facebook to recruit tellers and seat presidents in the race and the possible use of municipal employees In Florence, exemptions are approaching at 30%: 110 out of 360 Court of Appeal appointed presidents reported not being available. And even in this case, the race to recruit substitutes is unleashed.

September 19, 2020 (change September 19, 2020 | 14:22)

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