Ballot: Viminale, over 2 million to vote in 65 municipalities

There are over 2 million Italians who on Sunday will be called to the polls for the ballot round of the administrative to be held in 65 municipalities (only two with less than 15 thousand inhabitants), 59 in the regions with ordinary statute and 6 in those with special statute.

The seats for the election of the new mayors will be open from 7 to 23.

The municipalities voting in the regions with ordinary statute with the highest number of voters are Verona (202,638), Parma (146,939), Monza (98,073), Barletta (80,159), Lucca (79,634), Alessandria (73,657), Catanzaro (73,294) and Como (72,132).

In the regions with a special statute, however, Gorizia is the municipality in the ballot with the highest number of voters (30,295) while Villafranca Sicula, in the province of Agrigento, the one with the lowest number (1,407).

The voter must have an electoral card and a suitable identification document.

The mask is no longer mandatory but, underlines a note from the Interior Ministry, "it is strongly recommended, for the access of voters to the polling stations and for the exercise of the right to vote, the use of the surgical mask".

The vote is expressed by drawing a sign on one of the two rectangles containing the name of the chosen candidate for mayor.

The voting operations will begin on the same day as Sunday 26 June, immediately after the closing of the voting operations, the ascertainment of the number of voters and the other preliminary operations.