2027 General Election: Voters will cast their ballots using a digital ID card on their smartphones

In the next elections in 2027, people will be able to vote using the digital voter card, downloaded onto their smartphone. The government is working on the decrees to implement the simplification measure approved in the decree at the start of the year, which provides for the transition from paper voter cards to digital ones.

It will still be possible to vote using the traditional voter card, but anyone who wishes to do so can download their voter registration document online from the National Register of Resident Population. Voting will not be electronic, as you will still need to go to the polling station in person, but it will be easier to have your voter card to hand.

“This is a significant simplification for the public,” said Paolo Zangrillo, Minister for Public Administration. “With the digital voter card, all we need to do is remember to take our smartphone with us, and we can go and vote with peace of mind.”

The implementing decrees are expected to be issued by the end of the year or, at the latest, by February. Work is currently under way on security measures, and in particular on the secure scanning of identity documents once voters arrive at the polling station, to ensure that those who have already voted are removed from the electoral roll.

If the trial does not produce a secure solution in time, voters will have to go to the polling station with their printed digital voter card. According to the decree that introduced simplifications within the NRRP, the voter registration card may be obtained by the voter ‘digitally, based on the data held in the National Register of Citizens’.