Polling at the referendum took place on Friday, 08 March 2024. The subject matter of the referendum was described as follows in the official polling card sent to each elector:
THE THIRTY-NINTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (THE FAMILY) BILL 2023 – printed on WHITE Paper
You are being asked, in this referendum, if you agree with the proposal –
(a) to amend subsection 1° of Article 41.1 of the Constitution by the insertion of “,whether founded on marriage or on other durable relationships,” after “the Family”, so that the subsection would provide as follows:
“1° The State recognises the Family, whether founded on marriage or on other durable relationships, as the natural primary and fundamental
unit group of Society, and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights, antecedent and superior to all positive law.”
and
(b) to delete the following subsection from Article 41.3 of the Constitution:
“1° The State pledges itself to guard with special care the institution of Marriage, on which the Family is founded, and to protect it against
attack.” and to substitute that subsection with the following:
“1° The State pledges itself to guard with special care the institution of Marriage and to protect it against attack.”
