On Sunday, June 9, the European Parliament elections will be held in Poland. This year they coincided with the 20th anniversary of our country's presence in the European Union. This is not only an chance to take stock of the way we have been going, but besides to express our voice in matters concerning the future of Europe.
Anyone who is registered in Gdańsk for permanent stay or has joined the permanent electoral registry is listed in the census. specified a person, on election day, can go to his local election circuit and vote for the candidate or candidate he or she has chosen.
All those who will be temporarily present in our city may besides participate in this election. By Thursday, June 6 they have the chance to change the voting place. The application must be submitted in individual or online via the gov.pl website. All who leave Gdańsk or want to vote in a different place than the address of the check-in have the chance to take a vote certificate. With specified a paper you can vote in any committee across the country. The collection of the certificate is delocalised, which means that we will settle this substance at all municipal office. It should be done by Thursday, June 6.
The seats of the peripheral electoral commission, competent for the assigned address, are on the website of the State electoral commission election.gov.pl.
In Gdańsk, all formalities related to participation in the elections can be done in 1 of 3 Resident Service Teams:
- Residents Service 1 – Partisans 74; posts No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Residents Service 3 – New Gardens 8/12; posts 2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
- Resident Service squad No. 4 – Wilanowska 2; Position No 5, 6, 7, 9
– If individual lives or stays in Gdańsk on election day, and is not registered here, he can study a change of voting place," said Tomasz Filipowicz, manager of the civilian Affairs Department. – Very crucial information for all people who would go to the infirmary in the pre-election period. In hospitals we besides have permanent voting circuits and specified people will be able to vote. If individual leaves the infirmary during the period from 6 to 9 June, then they go to vote for their committee with discharge from the hospital.
Voting for citizens of the European Union
Polish citizens and citizens of the European Union take part in the elections to Europarlamento.
The vote of citizens of the European Union in elections in Poland can be divided into 2 groups:
- Citizens of the Union permanently residing in Poland
- Citizens of the Union temporarily staying
Citizens of the Union who live permanently in Poland, if they do not have a Polish passport and want to vote like Polish citizens – apply for entry in the Central registry of Voters indicating their permanent residence in Poland. After registration, they shall vote in accordance with that place of residence for candidates from the constituency concerned. EU citizens residing in Poland temporarily study to their consulates or embassies and take part in elections in accordance with the rules laid down by individual countries.
In order to receive election cards you must show your identity card. On election day, the voter will receive 1 ballot card. She's being targeted by her chosen candidate.
Persons with a disability or who (later on election day) turn 60 may vote by correspondence. The request may be submitted to the Delegation of the National Election Office in Gdańsk by Monday, 27 May. It is besides possible to vote by a proxy. The application can be submitted by Friday, May 31st, at 3 p.m. in 1 of the Resident Service Teams or electronically, via gov.pl.
Free of charge, elections will besides be delivered to residents with disabilities who do not feel able to scope the elections themselves. The request to usage specified transport can be notified by calling the number of the Gdańsk Contact Center 58 524 45 00 or by email to: [email protected].
– As usual, we besides effort to aid all those who are incapable to go to elections on their own. You can order specified transport from your place of residence to the Electoral Commission: just contact the Gdańsk Contact Center, giving your name and address 24/7 – Filipowicz adds.
European Parliament elections. Circuits in closed places
The polling stations will be open from 7:00 to 9:00. In Gdańsk, 201 regional electoral commissions will be established. 186 of them are circuits mainly based on educational institutions. The others are circuits in enclosed areas specified as hospitals, nursing homes and prisons. There will be more than 3 electoral commissions in 13 circuits. In these places, volunteers from the Regional Voluntary Centre will aid to find their own committee more efficiently and to conduct the voting effort smoothly.
In hospitals, welfare homes or prisons, separate voting circuits will be created. The participants will receive ballots based on the lists of persons drawn up by these institutions. The elector who goes to the infirmary by Saturday 8 June will besides receive voting cards on the basis of a list prepared by the hospital. On the another hand, patients who will be in the infirmary on electoral Sunday to vote must have a certificate of voting rights.
– I don't think I gotta say how crucial this election is. I am from this generation who remembers that without a passport it was impossible to cross the border – said Beata Dunajewska, councillor of the Sejm of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. “For 14 years as a councillor, I had the chance to watch Gdansk change. I am referring to the revitalization of specified districts as Summerca, fresh Port and late Bishop of Górka. This money comes partially from the city budget, but it is mostly European money. The money has late been unlocked from KPO. We've been waiting a long time. We are facing the last prospect, from which large money can flow for Poland. It is besides crucial who will sit in Europarlament and how much he will be active in raising money for regeneration, for the improvement of transport and for another purposes, besides green.
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