Italy's populist movement holds online vote to pick candidates

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's populist 5-Star Movement, which is likely to pose a serious threat to established parties in next year's national election, is holding an online vote to choose its candidates from a list of activists with little political experience.

The unprecedented Web vote is part of the movement's determination to steer clear of anything resembling conventional party politics, which have been discredited in the wake of a string of corruption scandals.