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Today is the second and last day on which it is possible to vote for the constitutional referendum on reducing the number of parliamentarians in the Chamber and Senate by one third, as well as for regional elections in Valle d’Aosta, Veneto, Liguria, Tuscany, Marche, Campania and Puglia and for the supplementary elections of the Senate in two schools in Sardinia and Veneto. The polling stations will be open from 7 to 15.
At 11:00 p.m. on Sunday night, a 39.40% turnout was registered in the referendum, with higher figures in the regions where the Council’s renewal is also voted: in Marche it was 47.56%, in Valle d ‘Aosta by 56.37%, in Liguria by 44.07%, in Veneto by 51.04%, in Puglia by 43.71%, in Campania by 42.80% and in Tuscany 48.29%.
Regarding the regional elections, the turnout was 54.2% in Valle d’Aosta, 39.9% in Puglia, 42.7% in Marche, 39.8% in Liguria, 45.3% in Tuscany, 46.1% in Veneto and 38.9% in Campania.
???? ️ The participation map at 11pm further outlines the boundaries of the regions to vote for the regionals, which stand out from the others. The participation between the two groups of regions exceeded 10 points:
7 Regions with regional: 46.2%
13 remaining regions: 35.5% pic.twitter.com/PXD1v55zsD– YouTrend (@you_trend) September 20, 2020
The counting of the votes of the constitutional referendum will begin immediately after 3 pm; then it will be the turn of the regional ones, while the municipal ones will only be held from 9 on Tuesday.
The referendum on the number of parliamentarians
It is a constitutional referendum on the reduction of one third of the number of parliamentarians in the Chamber and the Senate, as a result of the constitutional reform approved in early October 2019 with the favorable vote of practically all parties. It became necessary after 71 senators from various parties signed the request to hold a constitutional referendum, which was possible to request because constitutional reforms have a special parliamentary process. This is the referendum that was supposed to take place on March 29, but which had been postponed due to the coronavirus epidemic.
The referendum on the number of parliamentarians is the fourth constitutional referendum in the history of the Italian Republic: the other three were the referendum on Title V in 2001, the referendum on the center-right constitutional reform in 2006 and the one on constitutional reform desired by the PD in 2016. Constitutional referendums do not provide for a quorum, that is, the vote of a minimum percentage of those who have the right to vote: the result is, therefore, valid regardless of the number of voters.
On the website of the Ministry of the Interior you can find a number of Questions and answers on the referendum and voting procedures for certain categories of people. The card, very simple, is done. so.
– Read also: The referendum on the number of parliamentarians, explained
Regional elections
Voting takes place at the same time as the constitutional referendum in seven regions: six with ordinary statute (Tuscany, Puglia, Marche, Campania, Veneto, Liguria) and one with special statute (Valle d’Aosta). In the six regions with ordinary statutes, the new president is directly elected: votes are cast in a single round in all regions, with the exception of Tuscany, where a vote is foreseen if no one in the first round reaches 40 percent of the votes. The discourse continues to be different for Valle d’Aosta, where the president is not elected by the citizens, but elected by the new Regional Council. There are also five new municipalities, in which therefore let’s vote for the first time.
Even in the case of regional elections, the ministry has predicted a series of questions and answers. More information can be found on the websites of the individual regions.
– Read also: Brief guide to regional elections
Municipal elections
Among the almost 1,000 municipalities in which it votes there are 18 provincial capitals, three of which – Venice, Trento and Aosta – are also regional capitals. The largest municipality to vote is that of Venice. Also in this case, on the website of the Ministry of the Interior there are Questions and answers in administrative.
By-elections
As the website of the Ministry of the Interior explains, in the case of these elections, whose objective is to elect the representatives of the vacant schools, “those who have the right to vote are 467,122 for Sardinia (plurinominal college 01 – uninominal college 03 Sassari) and 352,696 for Veneto (Plurinominal College 02 – Uninominal College 09 Villafranca di Verona) “. The seats were left vacant after the deaths of Vittoria Bogo Deledda and Stefano Bertacco.
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