“The confusion between our symbol and the list of the Democratic Party is first and foremost an indication of unacceptable institutional quackery in the face of one of the most important constitutional rights, that of the democratic vote. Whoever made a mistake must pay the consequences, including political ones. It is unacceptable that the Democratic Party is written under our symbol on the counting cards, except for a hand cancellation, which was not done in all the polling stations as far as we know, which cannot help but cause confusion.”. So in a note Alessandro De Giulicandidate for mayor a Florence with the list “Florence is reborn” in relation to a printing error, reported by the electoral office of Palazzo Vecchio, in the ballot tables with respect to the draw order for which the list ‘Democratic Party Sara Funaro mayor’ was inserted in position 17 instead of ‘Florence is reborn .
De Giuli requests that from the relevant authorities “there should be maximum surveillance at the polls. Where, moreover, several of our sympathizers tell us that the political militants of the other parties accompany the voters by effectively carrying out an illegal electoral campaign. As Firenze Rinasce we denounce that this is yet another episode of discrimination against us, after an electoral campaign in which we were opposed, silenced and denigrated as much as possible”. “Naturally – he concludes – we will not be intimidated: we announce from now on that we reserve the right to ask for a recount of the votes and also possibly the invalidation of the votes”.
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