Ancona, 9 June 2024 – Second and last voting day for the European and local elections also in Marche. After the first day yesterday, the polls today I am open until 11pm. Once the polls in the 225 municipalities of the region are closed, the polls will start immediately scrutiny operations as regards members of the European Parliament due to Italy and will therefore continue until late at night.
Instead, we will have to wait until the day of Tomorrow, Monday 10 Junefor the operations of scrutiny for the administrative offices that will begin to leave from 2pm. In the region there are a total of 148 Municipalities called to also renew their mayors and municipal councils.
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European: useful information
Our country will elect 76 parliamentarians, to be designated in proportion to the preferences received by the parties that exceed the threshold set at 4 percent. To the district ofcentral Italyof which they are part MarcheTuscany, Umbria and Lazio, will be due 15 seats in the Strasbourg European Parliament. They can vote people who have reached the age of 18. To vote, citizens must go to the pre-established section equipped with an identity document and electoral card. The municipal offices will observe special hours to request the new card or any duplicate in case of loss. On the card of Constituency in central Italy (ruby red color) the citizen will find the list of twelve parties divided into three columns. It will be sufficient to cross the symbol of the party for which you intend to give your vote. It is also possible to indicate up to a maximum of three preferences in the same listbut candidates must be of different sexes.
Administrative: focus on Municipalities
As they said, in 148 Municipalities out of 225 people also vote for the administrative elections. The card is a different color than that of the European Championships: in fact it is blue. In the Common with a number less than 15 thousand inhabitants is provided direct election of the mayor (majority system, single round). In the provincial capitals (Ascoli Piceno, Pesaro and Urbino) or in Municipalities with a population of number greater than 15 thousand inhabitants (Fano, Osimo, Recanati and Potenza Picena) is expected the possible run-off round if the candidates do not obtain an absolute majority of valid votes (at least 50 percent plus one). Ballots which instead, they will be held on the weekend of June 23rd and 24th: the two mayoral candidates who obtained the most preferences will have access and a simple majority will be sufficient to be proclaimed the tricolor band of the city. In the Municipalities with more than 15 thousand inhabitants And split voting permitted (vote for a mayoral candidate and an unrelated list), but you can also vote for the mayor and a related list or vote only for the mayor. One or two preference votes can be cast on the list linked to the chosen mayoral candidate, as long as they are of a different sex (under penalty of cancellation of the second preference).
