 | Posted 11-05-2008 at 11:19 PM by burntbythetuscansun (Burnt by the Tuscan Sun, The True Story of Living in Italy)
As the elections results came in from the USA, I received a message from an Italian friend of mine. She asked, ‘how come I was not in the U.S. to vote’? And then I recalled, that of course, in Italy (where, I might add they have huge voter turnouts usually of upwards of 70%), that up 'til just recently, one always had to show up for the voting in person.
In fact, in the old days, I recall that train travel was free or close to it for people who went back to their home residence (generally...
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