by InTrieste
Polls closed at 3 p.m. on Sunday in Friuli Venezia Giulia for five national abrogative referendums, with voter turnout in the region falling just below 27.6 percent, according to final figures released by election officials.
Participation rates for the individual referendums were nearly identical, each hovering around 27.59 percent. The five questions posed to voters covered a range of social and labor issues, including protections against wrongful dismissal, limits on severance indemnities, safeguards for fixed-term contracts, regulations concerning workplace injuries, and criteria for citizenship.
Specifically, turnout for the green ballot (Referendum No. 1, on the reinstatement of workers dismissed without just cause) stood at 27.59 percent. The orange ballot (No. 2, on compensation limits) registered 27.57 percent; the grey ballot (No. 3, on fixed-term contracts) 27.58 percent; the pink ballot (No. 4, on workplace injury provisions) 27.59 percent; and the final question, Referendum No. 5 on citizenship, also recorded 27.59 percent.
The figures fall well short of the 50 percent turnout threshold required for referendums to be considered valid under Italian law, indicating that the results will not be binding. National turnout figures are still being compiled.
