The Venice Commission makes the following key recommendations regarding the content of the referendum decree:

A. Provide for the broad outlines of the safety framework, in particular with a view to:

•prevent gang members from interfering in the electoral process, and at the very least ban them from being members of the electoral administration:
•guarantee the safety not only of voters and polling station staff, but also of observers;
•ensure the secure transmission of results;

B. Clarify the extent to which previous law, and in particular the Electoral Decree 2021, is applicable to the referendum planned for 2025;
C. Guarantee the effective exercise of the right to vote by displaced persons, by specifying the arrangements, and if necessary by providing for polling stations in centres for displaced persons;
D. Provide at least the essential elements of the procedures and arrangements for registering and voting by electors abroad;
E. Include rules guaranteeing the secrecy of the vote in the decree itself;
F. Provide for a balanced composition of the lower electoral administration, without the possibility of freely revoking its members;
G. Develop the rules relating to election campaigns, in accordance with international standards;
H. Provide limited public funding for election campaigns without encouraging the creation of parties with no real basis;
I. Avoid decisions being taken by the CEP and then submitted on appeal to a body comprising CEP members;
J. Allow (only) citizens to lodge appeals directly;
K. Provide for slightly longer deadlines for appeals and decisions on appeals;
L. Provide that the Referendum Litigation Office has the power to annul the ballot if an irregularity may have affected the outcome;
M. Review the criminal law provisions to ensure that they comply with the principles of necessity and proportionality;
N. Clarify the scope of the "referendum code of conduct".