{"id":2321,"date":"2025-04-02T10:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T08:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2025-04-02T10:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T08:46:34","slug":"abrogative-referendum-of-08-09-06-2025-vote-by-correspondence-and-option-to-vote-in-italy-by-10-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dal_consolato\/2025\/04\/abrogative-referendum-of-08-09-06-2025-vote-by-correspondence-and-option-to-vote-in-italy-by-10-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"ABROGATIVE REFERENDUM OF 08-09\/06\/2025 VOTE BY CORRESPONDENCE AND OPTION TO VOTE IN ITALY (by 10 April 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Presidential Decrees of 31\/03\/2025, published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale of 31\/03\/2025, <strong>the date of the abrogative referendums<\/strong> pursuant to Article 75 of the Constitution has been set at <strong>8 and 9 JUNE 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that<strong> VOTING is a RIGHT<\/strong> protected by the Italian Constitution and that<strong> Italian citizens residing abroad<\/strong>, registered in the electoral rolls, <strong>may VOTE BY POSTAL MAIL<\/strong>, receiving the ballot envelope at their address of residence. To this end, it is advisable to regularise one&#8217;s personal and <a href=\"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/it\/news\/dal_consolato\/2025\/01\/referendum-2025-aggiornamento-del-proprio-indirizzo-di-residenza-via-fast-it\/\">address<\/a> details at the consular office, using the online portal of consular services <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serviziconsolari.esteri.it\/ScoFE\/index.sco\">Fast It.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As an alternative to voting by post, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>voters registered with AIRE CAN CHOOSE TO VOTE IN ITALY<\/strong><\/span>, at their municipality of electoral registration, <strong>by notifying the Consulate General in writing of their OPTION by 10 APRIL 2025<\/strong>. Voters who choose to vote in Italy on the occasion of the next referendum will receive from their respective Italian municipalities the postcard-notice to vote at polling stations in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>To exercise this OPTION, please send via<strong> E-MAIL <\/strong>the appropriate<a href=\"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Modulo_di_opzione_Referendum_2025-1.pdf\"><strong> FORM<\/strong> <\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>signed and accompanied by an identity document<\/strong> <\/span>to: <a href=\"mailto:bruxelles.elezioni@esteri.it\">bruxelles.elezioni@esteri.it\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consbruxelles.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Modulo_di_opzione_Referendum_2025-1.pdf\">The form<\/a> may also be delivered by hand or sent to the Consulate General: rue de Livourne 38, 1000 Brussels (<strong>it must in any case arrive NO LATER THAN 10\/04\/2025<\/strong>). It will be the voters&#8217; responsibility to check that any notice of option sent by post has been received in good time by their Consular Office. Requests received after the deadline indicated above will <strong>NOT<\/strong> be considered valid.<\/p>\n<p>The option may also be written on plain paper and &#8211; in order to be valid &#8211; must contain the voter&#8217;s name, surname, date and place of birth, place of residence and signature, accompanied by a copy of the declarer&#8217;s identity document.<\/p>\n<p>The choice to vote in Italy may be subsequently <strong>REVOKED<\/strong> with a written communication to be sent or delivered to the Consular Office<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> in the same way and by the same date as for exercising the option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If one chooses to return to Italy in order to vote, the law does<strong> NOT<\/strong> provide for any kind of <strong>reimbursement<\/strong> for travel expenses incurred, but only for reduced rates within Italian territory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Presidential Decrees of 31\/03\/2025, published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale of 31\/03\/2025, the date of the abrogative referendums pursuant to Article 75 of the Constitution has been set at 8 and 9 JUNE 2025. 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