Markets are monitoringstatements from party leaders to see whether they can form a broad-based coalition that would be charged with changing the electoral law, widely considered to contributing to the instability of Italian governments.
Mari McQueen of Consumer Reports says for most people, it's no better than carefully reading statements, because the monitoring services don't prevent fraud.
"This includes monitoring and reacting to what the media are saying about the case and things like the statements being made by witnesses in front of the cameras, " he said.