Things that usually happen in a banana republic and in Italy
by Lorenzo Piccoli
In Italy the issue seems non-existent, but the UMP’s controversial election in France is a big headline here. For the chronicles, amid allegedly falsified results, disappearing ballots, polling stations with higher tallies than registered voters, and both candidates declaring victory, Jean-Francois Copé has been elected UMP leader, winning over former prime minister Francois Fillon.
Such things happen also in America, I think voting system in italy is rather efficient with the exception of the few boxes of votes that always disappear
[…] to elect the left-wing candidate for the next political elections due in March 2013. This follows the embarassing election of the UMP candidate in France. Unlike that election, this has been a huge event, with millions of voters and a positive wave of […]