When do you vote?

Citizens eligible to vote can go to the polls to participate in popular referendums on the following days and times:

• Sunday 8 June 2025 – from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• Monday 9 June 2025 – from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

What are the 5 Referendums?

The questions will focus on subjects related to the labour discipline and the citizenship, as indicated in the respective Decrees of the President of the Republic, 25 March 2025 (Official Gazette, General Series, No 75 of 31 March 2025):

1. Increasingly protective employment contract – Discipline of unlawful dismissals: Repeal
   Would you like to repeal Legislative Decree No 23 of 4 March 2015 laying down ‘Provisions on contracts of indefinite duration with increasing protection, implementing Law No 183 of 10 December 2014’ in its entirety?
2. Small businesses – Dismissals and related compensation: Partial repeal
   You wish to repeal Article 8 of Law No 604 of 15 July 1966 laying down rules on individual redundancies, as replaced by Article 2(3) of Law No 108 of 11 May 1990, limited to the words: “between one”, the words “and a maximum of 6” and the words “Can the maximum amount of this allowance be increased up to 10 months for a worker with a seniority of more than 10 years and up to 14 months for a worker with a seniority of more than 20 years, if they are employed by an employer employing more than 15 workers?”
3. Partial repeal of rules on termination of employment contracts, maximum duration and conditions for extensions and renewals
   You wish to repeal Article 19(1) of Legislative Decree No 81 of 15 June 2015 laying down ‘Organic rules on employment contracts and revision of legislation on tasks, pursuant to Article 1(7) of Law No 183 of 10 December 2014’, limited to the words ‘not exceeding 12 months. The contract may have a longer duration, but in any case, than the words ‘if at least one of the following conditions is met’, the words ‘in the absence of the provisions referred to in point (a), in collective agreements applied in the undertaking, and in any case by 31 December 2025, for technical, organisational and production needs identified by the parties;’ and the words ‘(ba)’; paragraph 1-bis , limited to the words ‘more than 12 months’ and the words ‘from the date on which the 12-month period is exceeded’; paragraph 4, limited to the words ‘in the event of renewal’ and the words ‘only when the total period exceeds 12 months’; Article 21(01), limited to the words “freely during the first 12 months and thereafter”?
4. Exclusion of joint and several liability of the client, contractor and subcontractor for accidents suffered by the employee of the contractor or subcontractor, as a consequence of the specific risks inherent in the activity of the contractors or subcontractors: Repeal
   Would you like to repeal Article 26(4) of Legislative Decree No 81 of 9 April 2008 implementing Article 1 of Law No 123 of 3 August 2007 on the protection of health and safety in the workplace, as amended by Article 16 of Legislative Decree No 106 of 3 August 2009, Article 32 of Decree-Law No 69 of 21 June 2013, converted with amendments by Law No 98 of 9 August 2013, and Article 13 of Decree-Law No 146 of 21 October 2021, converted with amendments by Law No 215 of 17 December 2021, limited to the words ‘The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to damage resulting from the specific risks inherent in the activity of contractors or subcontractors’?
5. Italian citizenship: Halving from 10 to 5 years of the time of legal residence in Italy of foreign non-EU adult for the application for the grant of Italian citizenship
   You wish to repeal Article 9(1)(b) only as regards the words ‘adopted by an Italian citizen’ and ‘following adoption’. and point (f) containing the following provision: ‘(f) to a foreign national who has been legally resident for at least ten years in the territory of the Republic.’ of Law No 91 of 5 February 1992 laying down new rules on nationality’?

In the abrogative referendum it is necessary to achieve the quorum (half plus one) of those entitled to vote.

Where and how to vote?

To vote, it is necessary to show up at the local seat where you are registered, with an electoral card and a valid identification document.
In the case of electors or electricians with physical limitations (non-ambulatory, with reduced mobility, requiring assistance) or requiring Vote in your own home or in hospitals and nursing homes, you can contact the Electoral Office.

How to vote from outside?

For these referendums, the possibility of voting away from Brussels has been re-proposed (Decree-Law No 27 of 19 March 2025): the measure, already tested during the 2024 European Elections and aimed exclusively at students from outside the region, is also extended to Electrical and Voters which are temporarily domiciled in a municipality of a different province from that of residence, or from that in which the municipality in which you are registered on the electoral roll is located (for a period of three months, which shall be the date of the vote), for study, work or medical treatment.

How to vote by AIRE Citizens (residents abroad)?

Italian citizens residing abroad may Vote by correspondence, subject to an express option to vote in Italy.
To exercise the voting option in Italy, you must submit the appropriate form (available on the website of the Department for Internal and Territorial Affairs) to the consular office of the district of residence within the prescribed time limit.

Who should I contact for more information?

To request additional information on the electoral card or to know how to registration in the Register of Surveyors and Chairpersons, you can contact the Electoral Office, or consult the relevant sections of the corporate website:

Office file Election card

Insights

• Ministry of the Interior – Elections and Referendum Section