Polls reopened this morning until 3pm for the confirmatory referendum on the Justice reform already approved by Parliament , which intervenes in the organisation of the judiciary and introduces, among other things, the separation of careers between judges and public prosecutors and the establishment of a new High Disciplinary Court ( WHAT THE REFORM PROVIDES FOR ).
At 11 p.m. on the first day of voting , turnout exceeded 46%. The figure is published on the Ministry of the Interior's Eligendo website.
In Sardinia, turnout is over 39%, with Cagliari currently at 47.3%. There are 1,320,841 eligible voters on the island, divided into 1,847 polling stations.
Voting will continue until 3pm, then the counting of the votes will begin.
To express support for the reform, you must tick "Yes," while to express opposition to the changes to the Constitution, you must tick "No." The referendum is confirmatory: it therefore does not require a quorum.
As for voting by citizens residing abroad, Italians registered with AIRE (the registry of Italians residing abroad) will be able to regularly vote by mail.
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Photograph of the card in the booth, reported in Ferrara
She thought she'd go unnoticed while taking a photo of her ballot, but her smartphone betrayed her. It happened yesterday in Ferrara, at a polling station in the Fossanova San Marco district during the referendum vote. A 61-year-old woman took a photo of her voting in the booth with her phone, a practice prohibited by law. However, her smartphone's volume was turned up, and the clicking sound resounded throughout the polling station. Caught red-handed, the woman was reported to the Carabinieri, who were in turn notified by the polling station president. Her phone was also confiscated.
Meloni at the vote: "Participation is important."
"Ready to vote. Remember: you have until 3 pm today to get to the polls. Participation is important." Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni tweeted this on X , along with a photo of herself with her electoral card to vote in the constitutional referendum on justice reform.
Region by region data
At 11 p.m., the turnout stood at 46.07%. Emilia-Romagna confirmed its position as the region with the highest turnout at 53.69%, followed by Sicily with 34.94%. As for the other regions, here are the figures: Abruzzo 46.56%; Basilicata 39.88%; Calabria 35.70%; Campania 37.78%; Friuli Venezia Giulia 48.55%; Lazio 48.23%; Liguria 48.18%; Lombardy 51.83% ; Marche 49.41%; Molise 39.78%; Piedmont 48.94%; Puglia 39%; Sardinia 39.09%; Tuscany 52.49% ; Trentino-Alto Adige 41.34%; Umbria 50.11% ; Valle d'Aosta 44.25%; Veneto 50.25% .
Referendum: Turnout continues to rise compared to 2020
With over 46% of voters registered at 11 p.m., the turnout trend in this referendum confirms a marked increase compared to the previous constitutional referendum in 2020, which, on the first day of voting at the same time, had recorded a participation of 40% of eligible voters. In other constitutional referendums (for which, it should be noted, a quorum is not required), turnout has always been lower: in 2001, on the reform of Title V (which, however, was voted on only one day), the turnout at 11 p.m., and therefore final, was 34.1%. In the 2006 referendum on devolution, at 11 p.m. on June 25, 35% had voted. In other more recent popular consultations not of a constitutional nature in which voting took place over two days, for example the last one in 2025 on work and citizenship, the first day's turnout at 11 pm was 22%.
(Unioneonline)