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Italy Elections Open Thread 2.0 | 80 comments (80 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Not sure about Senators (none / 1)
If the law allows expat parties with more than 3% to be represented, then those South American Italians might be kingmakers. I have the feeling that there might be another reading of the rules. It says "Any remaining seats shall be assigned to those lists for which the division calculations have produced the highest remainders". Note the plural: I assume this means that the first two seats will be given to the two parties with the highest remainders. Thus it will be 3-2-1, and those folks of "Ass. italiane in Sud America" would be in the drivers' seat. So I ask: what exactly are their politics?

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake
by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 04:54:28 AM EST
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Re: Not sure about Senators (none / 0)
See below: the next sentence uses plural, too.

I asked de Gondi about these parties too, but thinking the 3% rule tosses them he didn't addressed that point. I hope he is awake soon and can comment both on the (Italian) wording of Article 15 and this ex-pat party.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 05:14:12 AM EST
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The equal remainder part might be talking about cases of two parties claiming the first seat, or two parties claiming a second (or theoretically third etc.) seat. Anyway, I'm sure that this all will be cleared up by the final results.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake
by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 05:21:23 AM EST
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Re: Not sure about Senators (none / 0)
It says seats.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 05:22:40 AM EST
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I agree about the interpretation of the law, but not the numbers.  Looking at the figures on the La Repubblica website, I get 4-1-1. L'Unione gets one in each region, Forza gets one in Europe and the Ass. Sud America list gets one in Sth America.
by canberra boy (canberraboy1 at gmail dot com) on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 05:22:46 AM EST
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L'Unione gets one in each region, Forza gets one in Europe and the Ass. Sud America list gets one in Sth America.

But it is North and Central, not South America that gets two seats. If your interpretation is right, talos's account would be right.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 05:25:32 AM EST
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Bummer. No, I was wrong all along and you are right: South America has two seats!

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 05:26:49 AM EST
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...which means, if my interpretation would be right, it's 3-1-2, with the ex-pat party bagging both South American seats.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 05:31:34 AM EST
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Ah now I see what I counted wrong: I gave one seat to B. in S.A. when I thought that the 3% limit was in place, but didn't remove it when it turned out that it isn't. So 4-1-1 it is, with no possibility of change.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake
by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 05:33:30 AM EST
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Looking at La Repubblica it seems to me that it is Sth America that gets two.  I stand by my figures of 4-1-1, and note that kcurie has come to the same conclusion downthread.
by canberra boy (canberraboy1 at gmail dot com) on Tue Apr 11th, 2006 at 05:52:22 AM EST
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