Milan, 11 Nov. (LaPresse) – A second ‘black smoke’ at Montecitorio as Parliament met in joint session to elect 10 lay members of the CSM. A total of 364 parliamentarians, comprising deputies and senators, cast their votes: there were no abstentions, 6 invalid votes, 336 blank ballots and 17 void ballots. Susanna Campione received 4 votes and Santiago Arguello 3 votes. As no candidate has achieved the qualified majority of 362 votes – equivalent to three-fifths of the members of the assembly – for a second time, a third ballot will be required, with a quorum of three-fifths of those voting. The date, as announced in the Chamber by the acting Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Anna Ascani, is yet to be determined.
CSM: second failed vote in Parliament, 336 blank ballots
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Milan, 11 Nov. (LaPresse) – A second ‘black smoke’ at Montecitorio as Parliament met in joint session to elect 10 lay members of the CSM. A total of 364 parliamentarians, comprising deputies and senators, cast their votes: there were no abstentions, 6 invalid votes, 336 blank ballots and 17 void ballots. Susanna Campione received 4 votes and Santiago Arguello 3 votes. As no candidate has achieved the qualified majority of 362 votes – equivalent to three-fifths of the members of the assembly – for a second time, a third ballot will be required, with a quorum of three-fifths of those voting. The date, as announced in the Chamber by the acting Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Anna Ascani, is yet to be determined.
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