Electoral law: 30 appeals across Italy, 6 challenges to constitutionality

Electoral law: 30 appeals across Italy, 6 challenges to constitutionality
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Rome, 12 Oct. (LaPresse) – There will be 30 appeals against the electoral law, to be lodged on 26 October – the day the law comes into force – in as many courts. There are six issues of constitutionality under scrutiny by the team of lawyers and academics working on the appeals: from the majority bonus to the nationwide calculation for allocating the bonus in the Senate, as well as preferential votes and gender parity, in addition to the mandatory nomination of a prime ministerial candidate and the collection of signatures to submit new candidate lists.

Rome, 12 Oct. (LaPresse) – There will be 30 appeals against the electoral law, to be lodged on 26 October – the day the law comes into force – in as many courts. There are six issues of constitutionality under scrutiny by the team of lawyers and academics working on the appeals: from the majority bonus to the nationwide calculation for allocating the bonus in the Senate, as well as preferential votes and gender parity, in addition to the mandatory nomination of a prime ministerial candidate and the collection of signatures to submit new candidate lists.

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