FANO Who goes to the polling station in wedding dress, after having pronounced the fateful yes. Or it is the seat that goes to the home of the longest-serving voter, 103 years, to allow her to vote. Moments that characterized the second electoral day in Fano, together with a new episode of political tension. The centre-right has in fact requested the intervention of Digos to verify behavior near a polling station. The person in question, a list representative of the Fano centre-left, replied that the accusations are unfounded and that there are no investigations.
Orange blossoms
And now the orange blossoms. Nicola Sbrega, 31 years old, and Laura Morelli (29) showed up in wedding dresses at polling station number 29 in Centinarola, after the ceremony in the church in Fano 2 and a quick trip to the historic center for the ritual photographs. «The election date – says Nicola – coincided with the wedding date, so we decided that Laura and I would get married and vote on the same day. We both care a lot about expressing our political ideas. A right and a duty, the least that can be done for the many people who fought and lost their lives to give us democracy.” Once the ballots have been placed in the respective ballot boxes, off to the wedding lunch in the company of over two hundred guests.
The elderly woman recently underwent surgery
President, secretary and a scrutineer from polling station number 24, in Vallato, moved to the home of Benite Sabbatini, 103 years old, to allow her to vote. The polling station staff was accompanied by a local police patrol, as required by the procedure to be adopted in similar cases. “My mother didn’t miss an election, because she belongs to the generation that fought to conquer democracy, freedom and gender equality,” said her daughter Fabiola Pacassoni, among other things a candidate for the F list A capital city , while his brother Alfredo is on the Fano Ribella – Europa Verde list. «My mother – continued Fabiola Tonelli – is a woman of robust fibre, suffice it to say that she recently underwent a delicate surgery and that after two days she was already on her feet. Up until now you have always gone to the polling station independently, this time we asked to activate home voting for you.”
The official data on last Saturday’s turnout, recorded at 11pm, indicated a rather slow start: only 9,799 people from Fano were at the polls, equal to 18.92 percent of the 51,783 eligible voters. At 12pm yesterday the figure had grown to 32.85 percent (17,010 voters) and at 7pm to 52.69 percent (27,282).
The ratings
“It will be important, also for the entire Fano coalition, to know already tonight (last night for those reading) what the consensus was obtained by the Democratic Party in the European elections”, said Cristian Fanesi, candidate for mayor of the centre-left. «The good participation – said Stefano Marchegiani, mayoral candidate of the progressives – is an important sign. The progressives are an experimental alliance that has its cement in a serious program and in quality candidates, with the right skills.” «I register a lot of appreciation towards me», claimed Luca Serfilippi, candidate for mayor of the centre-right, upon returning to the city after a relaxing outing. “The turnout data is encouraging in any case,” he concluded.
