Brazilians living in Italy are finding it difficult to vote, especially in Milan, this Sunday (2). In the capital of Lombardy, voters wait almost four hours in line to vote in the Presidential elections.
A long line had already formed around 8 a.m. at the opening of the polls at the Brazilian consulate, located in the center of Milan. "The worst organization ever. The consulate has surpassed itself in incompetence," reported voter Sandra Velosa.
Andrea Pacia, who lives in Verona, waited almost three hours. He arrived around 11:00 AM (Rome time) and managed to vote at 1:46 PM – almost three hours of waiting.
In Rome, voters are not encountering difficulties casting their ballots. Around 13 p.m. (08 a.m. Brasília time), Carla Guanais found the sections practically empty. “Despite there being many Brazilians around the Embassy, the sections were empty. Everything apparently well organized”, said the Italian-Brazilian translator, creator of the blog “Dreams in Italy".
In the two electoral zones, Rome and Milan, registered 20.972 voters, according to the Foreign Electoral Registry.
Brazilians in Italy
According to the Italian National Statistics Institute (Istat), 50.666 Brazilians reside in Italy (data from January 2021).
The majority (13.977) live in the region of Lombardy, in the north, where the city of Milan is located. In second place is the region of Lazio, where the city of Milan is located. capital, Rome, which has 6.117 Brazilian residents. Veneto (5.628), Piedmont (4.896), Emilia Romagna (4.012) and Tuscany (3.852) follow.
Brazil reduces from 4 to 2 electoral stations in Italy
In this year's election, the Brazil reduced from four to 2 electoral stations in Italy. The decision harmed thousands of Brazilians.
Two voting locations were suspended, one in the city of Venice and another in Florence.
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