ROME (Reuters) -Voting resumed on Monday for Italy’s two-day referendum on proposals to make it easier to obtain Italian citizenship and strengthen labour rights, but low turnout looked set to make the vote invalid.

Data overnight showed under 23% of eligible voters had cast their ballots as polls provisionally closed on Sunday, far short of the 50% plus one of the electorate needed to make the outcome of the vote binding.

Voting ends at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT).

One of the five referendums is about reducing the period of residence required to apply for Italian citizenship by naturalisation to five years from 10 years. This could affect about 2.5 million foreign nationals, organisers say.

With Italy’s birthrate in sharp decline, economists say the country needs to attract more foreigners to b

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