{"id":2729,"date":"2026-03-10T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/?page_id=2729"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:40:14","slug":"2026-constitutional-referendum-issuance-of-duplicates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/servizi-elettorali\/confirmatory-constitutional-referendum-on-22-and-23-march-2026\/2026-constitutional-referendum-issuance-of-duplicates\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: ISSUANCE OF DUPLICATES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2695 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CARD-9-ORIZZONTALE-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CARD-9-ORIZZONTALE-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CARD-9-ORIZZONTALE-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CARD-9-ORIZZONTALE-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CARD-9-ORIZZONTALE.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Voters are hereby informed that <strong>STARTING FROM SUNDAY, 8 MARCH 2026<\/strong>, those who have not yet received the electoral package for the postal vote on the occasion of the Constitutional Referendum of 22\u201323 March at their address of residence may request a DUPLICATE at the Consulate of Italy in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The request for a duplicate can be submitted in person at the Consular Office, or by post: ordinary e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:consolato.capetown@esteri.it\">consolato.capetown@esteri.it<\/a> \u00a0or certified e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:con.capetown@cert.esteri.it\">con.capetown@cert.esteri.it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The application, which can be written using the template available\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CT_Modulo-richiesta-duplicati-1.doc\"><u>here<\/u><\/a><\/strong>, must be accompanied by a valid identification document.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Voters who request a duplicate of the electoral package must declare that they are aware of the\u00a0<strong>criminal responsibilities arising from double voting<\/strong>, provided for in Article 18, paragraph 2, of Law 459\/2001, according to which:\u00a0<em>\u201cWhoever, on the occasion of elections to the Chambers of Deputies and referendums, votes both by mail and at the polling station of the last registration in Italy,\u00a0or vote several times by mail, will be punished with imprisonment of one to three years and a fine of 52 to 258 euros\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLEASE NOTE:<\/strong> Requests for duplicates <strong>received before Sunday, 8 March will not be accepted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once the appropriate controls will be carried out, the Consulate of Italy in Cape Town will provide the interested parties with the necessary information for the issuance of the duplicate. The duplicate may be mailed to the requesting voter\u2019s residence address (if there is time to receive the package) or issued in person, during the hours of operation of the Consular Office, i.e., from Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that this Office, exclusively for the issuance of duplicate electoral packages, will also observe the following extraordinary openings to the public:<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 14 March from 9.00 a.m to 2.30 p.m<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 15 March from 9.00 a.m to 2.30 p.m<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, please note that the pre-sealed <strong>envelopes containing the voted ballots must reach<\/strong> this Consulate <strong>by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Voters are hereby informed that STARTING FROM SUNDAY, 8 MARCH 2026, those who have not yet received the electoral package for the postal vote on the occasion of the Constitutional Referendum of 22\u201323 March at their address of residence may request a DUPLICATE at the Consulate of Italy in Cape Town. &nbsp; The request [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":2630,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2729","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2743,"href":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2729\/revisions\/2743"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conscapetown.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}