Svelare il voto. La percezione del voto parlamentare tra comunicazione politica e rappresentanza

di Francesca Biondi Dal Monte

SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa. Nuove forme di pubblicità e voto parlamentare. – 2. Il voto segreto nei regolamenti parla-mentari. – 3. Svelare il voto segreto al momento della votazione. – 4. Svelare il voto segreto espresso mediante schede. – 5. Voto segreto e “dichiarazioni di voto” al tempo della rete. – 6. La comunicazione politica tra ricerca di consensi e pentimenti. – 7. Svelare il voto al partito o agli elettori?. – 8. Rilievi conclusivi. Quali riflessi in termini di rappresentanza politica?

The essay analyzes the cases in which the parliamentary rules allow the secret ballot and some events in which parliamentarians have disclosed their vote, either during the vote procedure in the Parliament house or after that, through the new communication tools such as social media.
These behaviors have led to an interaction between members of the Parliament and electorate that bypasses any intermediary bodies - such as political parties - looking for a direct relationship between representative and repre-sented people (elected and voter), in terms of both visibility and approval and confirmation of the parliamentari-an’s activity.
This analysis aims at stimulating a reflection on the changes that the concept of “representation” and the principle of the “ban of binding mandate” are encountering, in a context where the forms and tools of political communica-tion and the perception of the parliamentary activity are changing.