{"id":8708,"date":"2026-01-19T08:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/servizi-elettorali\/informativa-referendum-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T08:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:41:33","slug":"informativa-referendum-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/servizi-elettorali\/informativa-referendum-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmatory Referendum 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 1494px;\" width=\"1184\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Confirmatory Referendum \u2013 22\u201323 March 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\"><strong>What is being voted on?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">By Decree of the President of the Republic dated 13\/01\/2026, published in the Official Gazette (Gazzetta Ufficiale), General Series, No. 10 of 14\/01\/2026, a confirmatory referendum has been called pursuant to Article 138 of the Constitution, concerning: <strong>\u201cProvisions on the judicial system and the establishment of the Disciplinary Court.\u201d<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\"><strong>How do you vote?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\"><strong>Voting abroad takes place by mail.<\/strong> Ballots must be returned to the consulate by carefully following the instructions contained in the information sheet included in the voting package and using only the materials provided therein.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\"><strong>Who can vote abroad?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"887\"><strong>Voters registered in AIRE<\/strong> (Register of Italians Residing Abroad), who will receive the voting package directly at their address of residence abroad.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"1076\">Italian citizens temporarily abroad for a period of at least three months, exclusively<strong> FOR REASONS OF WORK, STUDY OR MEDICAL TREATMENT<\/strong>, and their family members living with them abroad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1265\"><strong data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1092\">IMPORTANT:<\/strong> voters temporarily abroad must submit a specific request directly to their Italian municipality of residence <strong data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1225\">BY 18 FEBRUARY 2026<\/strong> in order to receive the voting package.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\"><strong>Can I vote in Italy?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">Voters registered in AIRE who intend to vote in Italy must notify their relevant Consulate within ten days following the calling of the referendum, i.e. <strong data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1464\">by 24\/01\/2026<\/strong>. This choice may also be revoked by <strong data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1515\">24\/01\/2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\"><strong>When do you vote?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"459\">\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1621\">In Italy, voting takes place on <strong data-start=\"1576\" data-end=\"1589\">Sunday 22<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1594\" data-end=\"1618\">Monday 23 March 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1623\" data-end=\"1922\">Voters abroad vote in advance by mail. Voting packages will be sent to the address of residence <strong data-start=\"1721\" data-end=\"1751\">no later than 4 March 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><br data-start=\"1752\" data-end=\"1755\" \/>Only ballots received by the relevant consular office <strong data-start=\"1809\" data-end=\"1881\">BY AND NO LATER THAN 4:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, 19 March 2026<\/strong> will be forwarded to Italy for counting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-start=\"1924\" data-end=\"2073\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"1924\" data-end=\"1938\">IMPORTANT:<\/strong> voters who <strong data-start=\"1950\" data-end=\"1969\">BY 8 MARCH 2026<\/strong> have not yet received their voting package may contact their consular office to obtain a <strong data-start=\"2059\" data-end=\"2072\">DUPLICATE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Confirmatory Referendum \u2013 22\u201323 March 2026 What is being voted on? By Decree of the President of the Republic dated 13\/01\/2026, published in the Official Gazette (Gazzetta Ufficiale), General Series, No. 10 of 14\/01\/2026, a confirmatory referendum has been called pursuant to Article 138 of the Constitution, concerning: \u201cProvisions on the judicial system and [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":301,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8708","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8708"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8720,"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8708\/revisions\/8720"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpanama.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}