Press conference of the State Election Commission before the start of the election silence in connection with the second circular of the presidential election. Transmission at 12:00 at Polsat News and polsatnews.pl portal. The election silence will begin at midnight from Friday to Saturday and will proceed until the end of the vote on Sunday.
Midnight from Friday to Saturday will begin electoral silencewhich will proceed until the end of the vote on Sunday. If no of the regional electoral commissions extend the vote, the election silence will end on Sunday at 9 p.m.
Presidential election 2025. Electoral silence. What are the chances of breaking the ban?
Electoral silence violates all component of active electoral agitation, i.e. public call or call for votes. It is not allowed during the silence of the election to convene assemblies, organize marches and manifestations, give speeches, or distribute election material. Encouraging participation in elections shall be without prejudice to election silence unless it contains elements of electoral agitation for 1 of the candidates. During the silence of the election, it is prohibited to make the polls public.
For breaking the ban on agitation in silence, he threatens fine. For publication of polls during the election silence, the fine is between PLN 500 1000 and PLN 1 million. It concerns both pre-election polls on the projected behaviour of voters, election results and polls on the day of the vote.
At the same time, PKW points out that whether something constitutes a violation of the ban on electoral agitation can only decide law enforcement and courts, and the voter who considers that voter silence has been breached should study it straight Police.
