Speaker of lower house seeks permission to give 35 'grand electors' a chance to have their say Italian parliamentarians who have Covid-19 may be allowed to cast their ballots for Italy's new president from a car park. More than 1,000 MPs and regional delegates will begin voting on Monday, and amid a debacle over who the next head of state should be, the coronavirus pandemic is posing logistical challenges.
Quarantined Italian MPs gear up for drive-in vote for new president
The Guardian - 21 Jan 2022 15:09
Speaker of lower house seeks permission to give 35 'grand electors' a chance to have their say Italian parliamentarians who have Covid-19 may be allowed to cast their ballots for Italy's new president from a car park. More than 1,000 MPs and regional delegates will begin voting on Monday, and amid a debacle over who the next head of state should be, the coronavirus pandemic is posing logistical challenges.
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