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Register office, digital voter card and simplified identity card for over 70s coming soon

These are the innovations coming with the NRP decree to ensure the achievement of the targets, by the 2026 deadline, of the Plan as reshaped in the last revision last November

by Lorenzo Pace

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Two 'simplification measures' are on the way. On the one hand, the new electoral card in digital format; on the other, the simplified identity card for the over-70s: both are included in the draft of the Pnrr decree-law, which will reach the Council of Ministers in the coming weeks.

In particular, they are included in Article 6, i.e. the one on'simplification measures in favour of citizens and consumers', which appears in the second part of the decree, which contains the 'provisions for accelerating investments and streamlining procedures for the achievement of the NRP objectives'.

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The digital voter card

The amendment on the polling card adds content to Article 13 of theLaw No. 120, of 30 April 1999, which introduced the legitimisation document for the exercise of the right to vote by Italian citizens.

The decree introduces, through the insertion of the new Article 13-bis, a further method of issuing the personal electoral card, alongside the one traditionally issued by the municipality. In particular, it is provided that the National Register of the Resident Population (ANPR) will make the polling card available to registered citizens, enabling it to be issued in digital format on the basis of the integrated registry data.

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The technical characteristics, the methods of use and the possible merger of the card with the It-Wallet System will be defined by one or more decrees of the Minister of the Interior, to be adopted within twelve months, in agreement with the Department for Digital Transformation, after consulting the Personal Data Protection Authority and the State-Cities and Local Authorities Conference.

The implementing decrees will also have to regulate the use of the analogue copy, limiting its use only to the polling station where the voter is registered, in order to prevent the risk of double voting, and excluding this possibility for those categories allowed to vote in a polling station other than their own. The intervention is financed under the PNRR and the technical activities are entrusted to Sogei S.p.A., as part of the enhancement of ANPR services.

The card renewed for the over-70s will be valid for 50 years

Alongside the digitisation of the electoral card, the decree also introduces a reform of the regulation of the electronic identity card (Cie) for citizens aged over 70, also contained in Article 6 (paragraphs 2, 3 and 4).

The rule provides that the Cie issued to persons aged 70 years or over has a validity of fifty years - 'determining, therefore, an essentially unlimited validity' - and can also be used for the purposes of expatriation, without prejudice to the interested party's right to request its renewal after ten years for requirements related to the authentication certificate.

In addition, the CIEs already issued to citizens who were at least 70 years old at the time of issue remain usable beyond their ten-year expiry date, but only as identification documents on national territory and in relations with public administrations, without validity for expatriation. Finally, citizens who had already reached the age of 70 on the date the conversion law came into force may apply, as of 1 November 2026, for the early renewal of their electronic identity card.

The objectives of the interventions

According to theillustrative report, the measures respond to the need to simplify obligations for a segment of the population that is exposed to inconveniences, while reducing the workload of municipal offices and favouring a rationalisation of administrative resources.

Taken together, the two measures are part of a coherent strategy of modernisation of public services, based on the use of national platforms, the integration of databases and the reduction of physical access to counters.

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