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European elections 2024, 23,734 students asked to vote 'off site'

Apulia, Sicily, Campania, and Calabria the regions from which the most requests come

by School Editorial

28 May 2024

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Key points

New voting mode
All numbers
Organisation

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On the occasion of the forthcoming elections for the 76 members of the European Parliament due to Italy, 'non-resident' students will be able to vote, for the first time, for lists and candidates from their home constituency, without having to return to their municipality of residence.

The new voting mode

The new voting method, introduced on an experimental basis by decree-law no. 7/2024, converted by law no. 38/2024, will affect the 23,734 'away-from-home' students who submitted a regular application by the deadline of 5 May. Of these, 21,166 will vote outside their home constituency, in special sections to be set up in the regional capital municipalities, and 2,568 will vote in the municipality of temporary residence, in supplementary lists, since they belong to the same territorial constituency as the municipality of residence.

All numbers

More specifically, they asked for a vote:

9,398 students in Constituency I (Piedmont-Valle d'Aosta-Liguria-Lombardy);

7,713 students in District II (Trentino A.A.-Veneto-Friuli V.G.- Emilia Romagna);

5,824 students in District III (Tuscany-Umbria-Marche-Lazio);

642 students in District IV (Abruzzo-Molise-Campania-Puglia-Basilicata- Calabria);

157 students in Constituency V (Sicily-Sardinia).

The regions from which the largest number of students decided to vote away are Apulia with 4,107 voters, Sicily with 3,917 voters, Campania with 1,601 and Calabria with 1,478 voters. More details in the attached table.

L’organizzazione

To enable the 21,166 students domiciled outside their district of residence to vote, the regional capital municipalities will set up special sections that may not have more than 800 registered voters.