Several polls show that Italian voters largely support repealing the sections in question, but also that less than 50 percent will vote.

He is a former showman who often seems to relish attention and prides himself on his ability to connect with Italian voters.

He told me how close the Italian voters had come to electing a Communist government.

On 11-12 June 2011, Italian voters passed a referendum to cancel plans for new reactors.

Still, it is too early to say that Italian voters are facing a simple choice.

Italian voters used to be charmed by Berlusconi's libertine ways.

Less clear is whether he has hurt himself here at home, with Italian voters and his center-right governing coalition.

The league rallied northern Italian voters with the cry that high taxes paid by the north went for handouts to the lazy south.

But, he added, "Millions of Italian voters already decided to accept this anomaly."

Italian voters have overwhelmingly approved five referendums to limit the development of nuclear energy and to make judges more liable for courtroom errors.