The European elections are underway. From 3pm to 11pm on Saturday 8th and from 7am to 11pm on Sunday 9th June we will vote to renew the European Parliament. The European elections are combined with the renewal of the administrations of 125 Ligurian municipalities, of which 39 in the province of Genoa. The most important, above 15 thousand inhabitants and therefore with a possible run-off (23 and 24 June) if no candidate exceeds 50% plus one vote, are Albenga, Rapallo and Sanremo.
TIMES – On Saturday 8th the polling stations are open from 3pm to 11pm, on Sunday 9th June from 7am to 11pm. After the polls close the counting will begin, first with the counting of the list votes and then the preferences obtained by the various candidates. For the European elections there is a threshold of 4%: to participate in the allocation of seats, the individual lists must exceed it throughout the national territory, divided into five constituencies: North-West, North-East, Centre, South and Islands. Liguria is part of the North West, which also includes Valle d’Aosta, Lombardy and Piedmont. There are 20 seats to be distributed.
VOTERS – All adult Italian citizens registered on the electoral lists and EU citizens resident in Genoa who have requested to vote for Italian candidates for the European Parliament can vote. To vote you must show up at the polling station with your voter card and an identification document. If there are no spaces in the electoral card, or in the event of loss or theft, the voter can obtain a new card at the Electoral Office in Corso Torino 11.
HOW TO VOTE – To vote you can place an You can express from one to a maximum of three preferences (if there is more than one, at least one must go to a different gender than the others indicated), writing the name and surname, or the surname alone, on the lines next to the symbol . Otherwise only the first preference will be considered valid. Furthermore, separate voting is not possible: the male and female candidates for whom a preference is expressed must be part of the same voted list.
NUMBERS – In Genoa there are 478,991 voters registered on the electoral lists. There are 7,040 fewer than in the 2019 European elections, when there were 486,031. Among those eligible, 225,655 are men, 253,336 women. The total also includes voters registered in the Registry of Italians Resident Abroad, who instead increase: 30,437 those who live in countries outside the European Union (in 2019 there were 23,474) and will vote in Genoa, while 10,782 will vote abroad. There are 150 Genoese students away from home who will vote in another municipality. There are 8,508 new voters, divided between men (4,377) and women (4,131). There are 323 voters over one hundred years old, of which 61 are male and 262 are female.
THE LIGURIS – Italy elects 76 MEPs out of a total of 720. There are 19 Ligurian candidates.
BROTHERS OF ITALY
STEFANO BALLEARI – former deputy mayor of Genoa and group leader in the Regional Council.
ANTONELLA TOSI – former president of Fidapa Albenga.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
BRANDO BENIFEI – outgoing head of delegation to the European Parliament.
DONATELLA ALFONSO – journalist, writer and city councilor in Genoa.
LUCIA ARTUSI – former municipal councilor in Sanremo.
5 STAR MOVEMENT
ISABELLA PARINI – former municipal councilor in Varazze.
FABIO ROMANO – former MEP assistant.
JEAN FRANCOIS BOUDARD – professor.
GO ITALY
ANDREA COSTA – former Undersecretary of Health.
LUIGI GRILLO – former undersecretary, parliamentarian several times.
LEAGUE
FRANCESCO BRUZZONE – parliamentarian.
LORENZA ROSSO – municipal councilor of Genoa.
LEFT GREEN ALLIANCE
SIMONA COSSO – teacher and trade unionist.
DANIELE CICALA – FFF activist
ACTION
CRISTINA LODI – Genoa city councilor.
FEDERICO GIACOBBE – municipal councilor Media Val Bisagno.
RICCARDO DE GIORGI – entrepreneur.
UNITED STATES OF EUROPE
DAVIDE FALTERI – Genoa city councilor.
RAFFAELLA PAITA – parliamentarian, coordinator of Italia Viva.
FREEDOM’
MARCO MORI – lawyer.
ADMINISTRATIVE ELECTIONS
RAPALLO – There are five mayoral candidates. For the centre-right there is Elisabetta Ricci, supported by the civic list Noi per Ricci mayor, Forza Italia and Fratelli d’Italia. The center-left is nominating Francesco Angiolani with the symbols of the Democratic Party and the civic list. Let’s choose Rapallo. The left focuses on Andrea Carannante (Libera Rapallo, Unione Popolare). The UDC runs alone with Marco Casella. The former mayor and former regional councilor Armando Ezio Capurro returns, supported by four civic lists: Progetto Rapallo 2024, Circolo Via della Libertà 61, Noi con Capurro and Il Gabbiano.
SANREMO – The centre-right candidate Gianni Rolando (Sanremo Domani, Andiamo!, Fratelli d’Italia, Forza Italia, Lega, Udc) faces the civic candidate Alessandro Mager (Anima, Forum, Idea, Sanremo al Centro). The Democratic Party nominates Fulvio Fellegara (also supported by Generazione Sanremo and Progetto Comune) and the 5 Star Movement presents Roberto Rizzo. Also in the running are Erica Martini from Indipendenza and Roberto Danieli from Sanremo 2024.
ALBENGA – Two candidates in the running: the outgoing mayor Riccardo Tomatis, represented by the centre-left but without party symbols in favor of three civic lists (Together for the Future, Civica 24 and Progetto Comune) against Nicola Podio of the centre-right supported by Lega, Forza Italia , Brothers of Italy, New air for Albenga and Mayor’s Podium).
Here are the 39 municipalities affected by the administrative elections in the province of Genoa. In Bargagli, Borzonasca, Campomorone, Fontanigorda, Lorsica, Mezzanego and Montebruno there is only one candidate, who will only be elected if the turnout exceeds 40%, otherwise it will be up to the commissioner.
AVEGNO: Franco Agostino Canevello, Margherita Ceravolo
BARGAGLI: Francesco Massoli
BORZONASCA: Giuseppino Maschio
BUSALLA: Emanuele Odino, Loris Maieron
LIGURIAN FIELD: Andrea Pastorino, Giovanni Oliveri
CAMPOMORONE: Giancarlo Campora
CARASCO: Boris Lorenzo Beronio, Massimo Casaretto
CASTIGLIONE CHIAVARESE: Giovanni Collorado, Vittorio Petrocco, Eleonora Taddei
COGORNO: Gino Garibaldi, Oriano Castelli
COREGLIA LIGURIAN: Elisabetta Lavezzo, Ermano Noce
DAVAGNA: Ivano Chiappe, Maurizio Luoni
BAND: Paolo Poggi, Marco Gallizia
FONTANIGORDA: Bruno Franceschi
GORRETO: Domenico Morabito, Paolo Saredi, Valentina Borin
CANTON ISLAND: Natale Gatto, Gianluca Campora
BOARD: Claudio Lapetina, Gian Alberto Mangiante
LEIVI: Antonio Solari known as Giorgio, Gabriele Pisani, Severino De Mattei
LORSICA: Alessandro Graziadelli
LUMARZO: Tomas Olcese, Guido Guelfo
APPLES: Mirco Ferrando, Rodolfo Ferrante
MEZZANEGO: Danilo Repetto
MIGNANEGO: Roberto Arundine, Michele Malfatti
MOCONESI: Giovanni Dondero, Elio Ugolini
MONEGLIA: Claudio Magro, Luigi Rollandi
MONTEBRUNO: Caterina Barbieri
NEITHER: Riccardo Cartosio, Francesca Garibaldi
NEIRONE: Rita Stasi, Stefano Sudermania
RECCO: Andrea Brunelli, Dario Capurro, Carlo Gandolfo
REZZOAGLIO: Massimo Fontana, Marcello Roncoli
ROSSILLION: Mauro Marcacci, Katia Piccardo
SANTA MARGHERITA LIGURE: Guglielmo Caversazio, Emanuele Cozzio
SANTO STEFANO D’AVETO: Giancarla Amerini, Roberto Pareti
SAVIGNONE: Antonio Bigotti, Mauro Tamagno
GREENHOUSE RICH’: Giovanna Lavagetto, Angela Negri
SORI: Marco Visca, Ottavio Carlo Casaleggio
TIGLIETO: Maurizio Oliveri, Marica Vasone
TRIBOGNA: Marina Garbarino, Mariagrazia Oliva
DOOR: Roberto Aloia, Rachele De Maio, Giuseppe Garbarino
