European elections: polling stations open from today at 3pm

Everything is ready for the elections. Today, Saturday, from 3pm to 11pm and Sunday from 7am to 11pm, polling stations are open to elect the 76 Italian members of the European Parliament, for administrative elections in 3,698 municipalities and to renew the president and the regional council of Piedmont. The voter must show up at the polling station with a valid identity document and electoral card. Those who do not have the latter will be able to request it, even on voting days, from the electoral office of their municipality. For the European elections, the voter can draw a symbol on the chosen list even without indicating any candidate. You can vote for only one list. Up to a maximum of three preferences can be expressed next to the symbol, indicating the surname of the chosen candidates who must belong to the voted list. Separate voting which would annul the ballot is therefore not permitted. If you choose to express two or three preferences, these must concern candidates of different genders, so as not to cancel the second and third preferences. The electoral system is proportional; the threshold to participate in the distribution of seats is 4% of the votes at a national level. Voters will have a card available which will be of a different color depending on the constituency they belong to: grey, for electoral constituency I – north-western Italy (Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta, Liguria, Lombardy); brown, for electoral constituency II – north-eastern Italy (Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna); ruby red, for electoral district III – central Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Lazio); orange, for electoral district IV – southern Italy (Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria); pink, for electoral constituency V – insular Italy (Sicily, Sardinia). Eighteen is the minimum voting age; 25 years to apply. In the latter case, Italy is the country with the highest limit in Europe, together with Greece. For the administrative elections, the possible run-off round will take place on Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th June. Over 17 million Italians called to vote. For the regional elections, Piedmontese voters number 3.6 million. The 50 councilors will be elected with a mixed system: proportional for 40 seats, majority for 10.