The Senate chamber approved the reform of the electoral law with 113 votes in favor, 71 against, and 2 abstentions. The text, coming from the Chamber, was modified by Palazzo Madama and thus returns to Montecitorio for a third reading. At the conclusion of the voting declarations, the opposition showed signs reading ‘no to the scam law’.
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Among the new proposals approved in the Senate by the majority with opposition against, the mechanism of three preferences and blocked list leaders was introduced in article 1. The PD proposal to instead provide for ‘pure’ preferences was rejected. Another novelty, also in article 1, is the amendment of the anti-bush rule. The provision of the 3% threshold for a list’s votes to count towards triggering the majority bonus, which had been introduced in the Chamber, disappears. With the same amendment, the number of signatures required to run for political forces not present in Parliament is increased: from a minimum of 6,000 to a maximum of 7,000 signatures per district (currently 1,500). The extension of out-of-town voting to family caregivers assisting a relative or child in a facility outside the region was also introduced. The idea of introducing a runoff vote, however, was abandoned after intense debate within the majority: the amendment signed by Marcello Pera (FdI) presented in the chamber was withdrawn.
