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The by-elections were called to fill a vacant seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the Reggio Calabria-Locri constituency.
This morning at 7am the polling stations opened for the by-elections to the Chamber in the Reggio Calabria-Locri constituency. The consultation concerns 71 municipalities, mainly on the Ionian coast of Reggio Emilia, as well as the capital, Locri, Siderno, Melito Porto Salvo, Villa San Giovanni and Scilla on the Tyrrhenian coast.
There are a total of 345,788 people entitled to vote, of which 58,729 reside abroad.
The polls will remain open until 11pm today and will reopen tomorrow from 7am to 3pm.
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On the eve of the by-elections in the Reggio Calabria-Locri constituency, General Roberto Vannacci published on social media a retouched photo of the partner of the President of the Calabria Region Roberto Occhiuto, sparking a transversal controversy. The entire centre-right, from Forza Italia to the Lega and Fratelli d'Italia, condemned the gesture as vulgar and unacceptable, even finding a rare agreement with the centre-left. Vannacci defended himself by attributing responsibility for the retouching to a Calabrian site, while Occhiuto and the person directly involved, the undersecretary Matilde Siracusano, denounced the act as squalid and perverse, announcing legal action. Tomorrow and Monday's vote sees Forza Italia candidate Fabio Roscioli and Futuro Nazionale Vannacci competing against each other, in a context of internal tensions within the center-right after the 'snatch' of the regional group leader Domenico Giannetta.

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