Chicago – March 23, 2026
Italians began voting on Sunday in a referendum to confirm a contested judicial reform put forward by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a key test for her right-wing coalition ahead of a general election due next year.
Voters must decide whether to back constitutional changes to separate the career paths of judges and public prosecutors – an issue that has long roiled domestic politics – and split Italy’s judicial self-governing body into two separate entities.
The vote comes at the end of a heated campaign which pitted the Meloni-led “yes” camp against center-left opponents supporting the “no.” Polls close at 3 p.m. (10 a.m. ET) on Monday.
