Article 48 · “il suo esercizio è dovere civico”
One ballot,
one mark.
Every citizen of 18 or over may vote for both chambers — the Senate's minimum age of 25 went in 2021. Voting is a civic duty in the Constitution, but not compulsory and not sanctioned.
On polling day
At the seggio.
- Bring two things
An identity document with a photo and your tessera elettorale, the electoral card the comune sends you, stamped at each vote. Lost it? The comune's electoral office issues a new one, open on polling days too.
- Go to your section
The card names your polling station. Doors open 07:00–23:00 on Sunday, and 07:00–15:00 on Monday when the vote runs two days.
- Take the ballots
One for each election: in 2022, pink for the Chamber and yellow for the Senate. In the booth, mark with the copying pencil you are given; phones are not allowed.
- Fold and hand back
The scrutineers detach the counterfoil and put the ballot in the urn. Counting starts as soon as the polls close.
Practice · the Rosatellum ballot, as in 2022
Mark your
scheda.
Each box joins a single-member candidate to the lists backing them. Click names and symbols to see how the vote would count — and how to spoil it.
Nothing marked yet.
Elezione della Camera dei deputati · fac-simile
Away from home
Voting
elsewhere.
- AbroadBy post
Citizens registered with AIRE, the register of Italians abroad, receive their ballot from the consulate and post it back. They elect their own deputies and senators, with preference votes.
- Temporarily abroadAsk in advance
Students, workers and their families abroad for at least three months can apply to their comune to vote by post from abroad.
- At home in ItalyHospitals, homes
Patients vote at hospital polling stations; voters unable to leave home through serious illness can ask to vote at home.
- DisabilityAssisted voting
A voter who cannot mark the ballot may be helped by a voter of their choice; the card is stamped so it happens only once.
- The next electionA new ballot
Under legge 180/2026 the ballot will list parties and their candidates, with space for up to three preferences, and no single-member box except in Valle d'Aosta and Trentino-Alto Adige.