OBLIGATION LAW: Voter's guide - how to vote
date: April 05, 2024 Editor: Editorial
In the local elections, an crucial vote is the card on which the ‘x’ sign was inserted with the name of 1 candidate. On the another hand, the vote is invalid, there is no indication of any candidate, but besides the choice of more than 1 surname.
https://election.gov.pl/self-government2024/
When?
The local elections will take place on Sunday, 7 April 2024. The vote will be open from 7:00 to 9:00. Voting in separate circuits established in social services homes, hospitals, prisons and detentions may be completed at 6 p.m. at the earliest if all voters included in the census of voters in a given circuit give their vote.
Where?
In the local elections we cast our vote only in the permanent residence, after checking whether we have been placed in the permanent circuit to vote in the Central registry of Voters (except for those who are in hospitals, welfare homes, prisons and detentions).
Unlike parliamentary elections, you cannot vote elsewhere. The right to vote cannot so be obtained and a single change of venue may be requested. Nor can you vote abroad or on ships.
The address of the right election venue can be found, among others, on the bulletin board in the municipality, announced posts, in the MObywatel application in the Election Service
What documents?
When you go to the polling station, you request to take your identity card: ID card or photograph passport. It may besides be a military book with a photo, confirming the identity of the voter - states the State Election Commission.
You can besides identify yourself with a individual ID in the mCitizen app (you can besides usage it in offline mode, i.e. without net access).
Can you sign up for the voter list on election day?
Only in exceptional cases. On election day, peripheral electoral commissions only add to the electoral roster those voters who: were omitted in the electoral roster if the municipal office confirms that the omission in the roster is the consequence of a mistake were deleted from the electoral roster for a given oblast of voting due to entry in the roster of voters in a hospital, social assistance house, detention facility or detention facility if they paper that they left that post before election day. They want to vote in a circuit formed in a hospital, a welfare home, a penitentiary or detention facility, and they arrived at this unit before election day.
What do the ballots look like?
A associate of the election committee shall issue a set of 4 ballot cards with the names of candidates:
on a grey background to the municipal council
on a yellow background to the region council
on a blue background to the voivodship seymik
on a pink background with names of mayoral candidates or city president. At times there will besides be a graphic symbol on this list of the Electoral Committee if the committee has specified a symbol it has notified to the State Electoral Commission
Residents of cities with region rights will receive 3 cards - without a letter to the region council.
Attention must be paid to each card being stamped by the seal of the peripheral election commission. The receipt of the package must be confirmed in the electoral register.
How do I give an crucial vote?
The vote is to put the ‘X’ mark (which represents at least 2 lines intersecting within the grid) on the ballot box on the left side next to the candidate's name. The X mark only puts the name of 1 candidate. Instructions on how to vote are at the bottom of the card. The character ‘v’ or ‘bird’ may be considered invalid.
A card in the municipal council election over 20,000 inhabitants has a different arrangement. You request to find a list of candidates you want to vote for and put the "X" sign next to the name of the selected candidate only on this list. Putting the ‘X’ mark on more than 1 list will invalidate the vote. A akin regulation applies erstwhile voting for the territory council and the voivodship seymik.
Voting is classified. Cards should be thrown into the urn so that the printed page is invisible. erstwhile the cards are filled, the voter must put them in the ballot box; the ballot cards must not be taken out of the polling place, nor any specified card must be surrendered.
What if there's only 1 candidate for mayor?
If only 1 candidate is registered, then a single name will appear on the ballot card with 2 bars:
‘YES’
‘NO’.
If we support the candidate, we put the "X" in the "YES" box, if we are against his candidacy - we put "X" in the "NO" box.
When is the voice invalid?
The voice will be void when:
placing the ‘X’ mark in a box with the name of more than 1 candidate (in municipalities up to 20,000 inhabitants and in mayor, mayor, president elections),
no ‘X’ in any grid,
placing the ‘X’ mark in the box only with the name of the candidate deleted by the municipal electoral commission,
placing the ‘X’ mark in bars alongside the names of candidates placed on more than 1 list (in municipalities over 20,000 inhabitants).
How to study irregularities regarding elections?
Anyone can study elections irregularities. This can be done either personally or by husbands of trust or by social observers. If the voter considers that the circuit electoral commission is working poorly, it is essential to inform the territory electoral commission or the delegation of the national electoral office
The local elections will take place on Sunday, 7 April 2024. The vote will be open from 7:00 to 9:00. Voting in separate circuits established in social services homes, hospitals, prisons and detentions may be completed at 6 p.m. at the earliest if all voters included in the census of voters in a given circuit give their vote.
Where?
In the local elections we cast our vote only in the permanent residence, after checking whether we have been placed in the permanent circuit to vote in the Central registry of Voters (except for those who are in hospitals, welfare homes, prisons and detentions).
Unlike parliamentary elections, you cannot vote elsewhere. The right to vote cannot so be obtained and a single change of venue may be requested. Nor can you vote abroad or on ships.
The address of the right election venue can be found, among others, on the bulletin board in the municipality, announced posts, in the MObywatel application in the Election Service
What documents?
When you go to the polling station, you request to take your identity card: ID card or photograph passport. It may besides be a military book with a photo, confirming the identity of the voter - states the State Election Commission.
You can besides identify yourself with a individual ID in the mCitizen app (you can besides usage it in offline mode, i.e. without net access).
Can you sign up for the voter list on election day?
Only in exceptional cases. On election day, peripheral electoral commissions only add to the electoral roster those voters who: were omitted in the electoral roster if the municipal office confirms that the omission in the roster is the consequence of a mistake were deleted from the electoral roster for a given oblast of voting due to entry in the roster of voters in a hospital, social assistance house, detention facility or detention facility if they paper that they left that post before election day. They want to vote in a circuit formed in a hospital, a welfare home, a penitentiary or detention facility, and they arrived at this unit before election day.
What do the ballots look like?
A associate of the election committee shall issue a set of 4 ballot cards with the names of candidates:
on a grey background to the municipal council
on a yellow background to the region council
on a blue background to the voivodship seymik
on a pink background with names of mayoral candidates or city president. At times there will besides be a graphic symbol on this list of the Electoral Committee if the committee has specified a symbol it has notified to the State Electoral Commission
Residents of cities with region rights will receive 3 cards - without a letter to the region council.
Attention must be paid to each card being stamped by the seal of the peripheral election commission. The receipt of the package must be confirmed in the electoral register.
How do I give an crucial vote?
The vote is to put the ‘X’ mark (which represents at least 2 lines intersecting within the grid) on the ballot box on the left side next to the candidate's name. The X mark only puts the name of 1 candidate. Instructions on how to vote are at the bottom of the card. The character ‘v’ or ‘bird’ may be considered invalid.
A card in the municipal council election over 20,000 inhabitants has a different arrangement. You request to find a list of candidates you want to vote for and put the "X" sign next to the name of the selected candidate only on this list. Putting the ‘X’ mark on more than 1 list will invalidate the vote. A akin regulation applies erstwhile voting for the territory council and the voivodship seymik.
Voting is classified. Cards should be thrown into the urn so that the printed page is invisible. erstwhile the cards are filled, the voter must put them in the ballot box; the ballot cards must not be taken out of the polling place, nor any specified card must be surrendered.
What if there's only 1 candidate for mayor?
If only 1 candidate is registered, then a single name will appear on the ballot card with 2 bars:
‘YES’
‘NO’.
If we support the candidate, we put the "X" in the "YES" box, if we are against his candidacy - we put "X" in the "NO" box.
When is the voice invalid?
The voice will be void when:
placing the ‘X’ mark in a box with the name of more than 1 candidate (in municipalities up to 20,000 inhabitants and in mayor, mayor, president elections),
no ‘X’ in any grid,
placing the ‘X’ mark in the box only with the name of the candidate deleted by the municipal electoral commission,
placing the ‘X’ mark in bars alongside the names of candidates placed on more than 1 list (in municipalities over 20,000 inhabitants).
How to study irregularities regarding elections?
Anyone can study elections irregularities. This can be done either personally or by husbands of trust or by social observers. If the voter considers that the circuit electoral commission is working poorly, it is essential to inform the territory electoral commission or the delegation of the national electoral office
