Photograph his ‘Yes’ in the referendum but it is discovered: “Otherwise my girlfriend does not believe me.” Denounced 35 years in the Milan area

All ‘fault’ of his girlfriend who had not taken his word: the ‘Yes’ to the referendum constitutional in parliamentary court it is a serious matter and therefore had to be proven incontrovertibly. This is the incredible story of a 35-year-old man who was ‘pinched’ yesterday at around 3.15pm while photographed the ballot ad Arconate, in the Milan area.

After lunch, the citizen went to the polling stations installed in the ‘Alessandro Manzoni’ secondary school. Upon entering section 1, he showed his voting card and identity document. Then he went to the booth, voted, and photographed the ballot. However, you forgot to put the smartphone in silent mode. the shot echoed in the classroom of the votes.

At that time the president’s seat was on its lunch break and his deputy, distrustful of that noise, addressed the voter directly: “Excuse me, did you photograph the card?”. Answer that astonished all the members of the electoral college: “Sure, I have to prove to my girlfriend that I voted ‘yes’if not, you don’t believe me ”.

This was not a joke. The couple, in the previous days, had in fact discussed the referendum starting from different positions. In the end he was convinced: he would choose to cut the number of parliamentarians. But she, skeptical about the true intentions of her partner, had expressed more than a doubt about the final vote in the secret of the cabin, to the point of pushing her boyfriend to make a crime.

The stunt now runs the risk of costing the 35-year-old from Arconate dearly. After your admission of guiltin fact, the president of section 1, urgently called to his command post, could not avoid informing the police of the incident. A few minutes later Carabinieri entered the polling stations and proceeded to voter complaint who, in addition, confirmed everything in the smallest details, being unaware that the photograph of the ballot is prohibited by law 96/2008:3-6 month arrest is a fine of 300 to 1,000 euros. The only consolation for the transgressor is to have shown his fiancée that he is a man of his word.