The interior ministry said Monday it
was ok to just write the first name of the Italian premier,
Giorgia Meloni, on European election ballot papers on June 8-9
as the premier has controversially proposed, distributing
leaflets with 'Vote Giorgia' on, spurring opposition ire.
Just writing the name 'Giorgia' on the ballot paper for the
upcoming European elections - as Prime Minister Meloni called on
people to do Sunday - does not invalidate the vote, said
Viminale sources.
In the manual of indications for polling station presidents
produced by the Ministry of the Interior on the occasion of the
consultations, one of the cases of valid vote is in fact that
which sees the preference for the candidate assigned 'using
identifying expressions such as diminutives or nicknames,
previously communicated to voters, as a way of expressing
preference that can be used by any voter. The vote is valid,' it
goes on to say, 'provided that the actual will of the voter can
be inferred'.
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