To become a associate of the peripheral electoral commission contact the electoral committee. You can besides submit your candidacy to an electoral authoritative by yourself through the municipal office or to the electoral commissioner. In that case, if it is essential to supplement the composition of the committee, the candidate may be utilized by the electoral commissioner.
On the another hand, applications made by proxy election committees shall be accepted by election officials through the office of the municipality in which the committee is situated. It should be stressed that self-notification of a candidate as a associate of the committee does not warrant that he will be appointed to the committee.
The 2025 election is scheduled for May 18. The submission of candidates for members of the regional electoral commissions may be made by 18 April.
Election 2025. How much can you make in a peripheral election commission?
Working on a peripheral election commission is an chance for extra earnings. According to the resolution of the PCW of 2023, members of the peripheral commission will be entitled to a diet:
PLN 700 for the President
PLN 600 for the deputy
PLN 500 for committee members
For members of territory and regional electoral commissions there is simply a diet of PLN 1000.
What does the circuit election committee do and who might be in its composition?
The task of the peripheral electoral commission is to vote and watch over the observance of the electoral law at the place and time of the vote during the elections in a given circuit. In addition, The circuit electoral commission shall find the results of the vote in the circuit, make it public and forward it to the applicable electoral committee.
A candidate for the composition of a peripheral commission may be person holding an active electoral right, i.e. a individual who:
has Polish citizenship;
at the latest on the day of notification, he shall be 18 years old;
is not deprived of public rights by a final judgement of the court;
is not deprived of voting rights by a final decision of the Court of State;
is not incapacitated by a final judgement of the court.
However, gathering these conditions is not always enough. A candidate for the composition of a peripheral commission may not be:
candidate in elections;
electoral committee proxy;
the financial typical of the electoral committee;
electoral commissioner;
an election official;
the husband of trust;
social observer;
the individual who is in relation to the candidate in the election: spouse; preliminary; descending; sibling; constituency, preliminary or adopted; individual remaining in the adoption ratio (if the candidate is simply a candidate in the constituency for which the committee is competent);
the proxy referred to in Article 55 of the Electoral Code in the committee liable for the circuit of the vote of the individual giving the power of lawyer to vote on its behalf.
Presidential election 2025. List of candidates
Marek Woch (candidate of Unpartisan Local Government)
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