Overview
- The proposal would allow the national population registry (ANPR) to issue a digital electoral card, with technical and usage rules to be defined by Interior Ministry decrees after required consultations.
- Anti-fraud provisions direct that any analog copy of the digital card be accepted only at the voter’s own polling station, excluding voters authorized to cast ballots elsewhere.
- Electronic identity cards for people aged 70 or older would carry 50-year validity and be usable for travel, while cards already issued to those 70+ remain valid past expiry only for domestic identification and dealings with public administrations.
- Citizens who have already turned 70 at the conversion law’s entry into force may request early renewal of their electronic ID starting 1 November 2026.
- Funding is drawn from the PNRR with Sogei assigned to the technical work on ANPR and the digital card, and the draft adds simplifications such as INPS supplying ISEE data to public bodies and ending the 10-year retention of non-fiscal POS receipts.