For respective days now, the media has been reporting irregularities related to the counting of votes in elected committees during the second circular of the presidential election. Among another things, it was pointed out that the members of the regional commissions themselves, after the vote had been completed, informed about the errors of misallocation of votes to candidates.
Incidents in committees
The ultimate Court decision includes peripheral electoral commissions from different parts of the country. These included: Commission No. 3 in Olesno, No. 9 in Strzelce Opolskie, No. 25 in Grudziądz, No. 17 in Gdańsk, Commissions No. 30 and 61 in Bielsko-Biała, No. 10 in Tarnów, No. 53 in Katowice, No. 35 in Tychy, No. 6 in Kamienna Góra and No. 4 in Brest Kujawski.
One specified mistake occurred in the election commission in Minsk Mazowiecki where the results obtained by the candidates were replaced. The president of the committee explained the incidental with a mistake, but the case may be referred to the prosecutor.
A akin incidental besides occurred in Krakow – in the peripheral commission number 95 at Stawowa Street. There, too, the votes were attributed in the other way, resulting in the winner being announced as Nawrocki candidate, despite the fact that Rafał Trzaskowski received more support. In this case, investigations are conducted by the Regional Election Commission in Krakow.
Impact on election outcome
By Thursday, by 16:00, a full of 192 protests concerning the election of the president of the Republic of Poland were received at the ultimate Court. On the same day, the SN considered 12 of them, but all were left without further running. A akin decision was made on Tuesday against six another protests, meaning that 18 out of 192 applications have been examined so far. The deadline for submitting electoral protests to the SN is Monday, June 16.
Despite all this, possible errors would not affect the final result of the election, as the vote difference between the candidates amounted to over 369 thousand. Nawrocki received 10 606 877 votes, while Trzaskowski received 10 237 286 votes.
Composition of the ultimate Court
Professor Marek Chmaj, a constitutionalist quoted by the Law.pl portal, points out that it is the decently cast composition of the ultimate Court that should decide on a possible recalculation of votes. The home of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs is presently on the case, whose legality raises doubts about the controversy surrounding the appointment of its judges. Before 2018, the election cases were handled by the Chamber of Labour, Insurance and Public Affairs.
According to Prof. Chmaj, it is the another jury that should recognise electoral protests. As he points out, according to Article 45 of the Constitution, citizens have the right to court – but the court appropriate, independent, independent, independent and impartial.
It is precisely specified a composition that should not only admit protests, but besides state the validity or nullity of elections said Prof. Chamaj.
