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*So-called parliamentary elections will be held March 23, 1929. The voter will receive a ballot containing the names, and only the names, of candidates approved by the Dictator in Council. If 51% of the electorate vote "yes," the entire slate will be declared elected, and Italy will have a 100% Fascist Chamber. Jokers in the law will almost certainly prevent a 51% vote of "no"; but in that remote contingency new elections would be held, and so ad infinitum until Fascismo triumphs. There are no local constituencies under this mock electoral procedure. In U. S. terms this would mean that the whole nation would vote to elect or reject a Congressional candidate in, for example, Rhode Island or Arkansas. † See page 329 of The Life of Benito Mussolini by Margherita G. Sarfatti (TIME, Feb. 8, 1926)