Presidential election 2025. Who can vote?

The presidential elections in Poland will take place in 2 months and their participation depends on gathering certain conditions. Everyone is not entitled to vote, and any restrictions may be a surprise. What rules apply in this year's elections and who will not be able to vote?

The presidential election date is May 18, 2025, according to tradition on Sunday. Setting a vote for the day off is aimed at expanding attendance and facilitating citizens' participation in elections.

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Presidential election 2025. Who can vote

High attendance is an crucial component of a democratic process, as it ensures that the President's election reflects the will of as many citizens as possible. In the erstwhile 2020 elections in the first round, attendance was 64.51 percent and in the second 68.18 percent. By comparison, in 2015 the first circular to the urn went 48.96 percent eligible and 55.34 percent in the second.

Who has the right to vote?

Under Polish law, active electoral rights are granted to all Polish citizen, who at the latest on election day he is 18 years old and not deprived of that right by a final judgement of the court.

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Incapacitated or without public rights cannot participate in the elections. It is besides crucial that if the 18th birthday comes after election day, voting rights will only be acquired in subsequent elections.

Where to vote: where to stay or check in?

Standard vote takes place in a peripheral electoral commission assigned to the place of permanent residence. In the case of temporary stay in another place, it is possible to add voters to the list in the current location. A request to change the voting place shall be submitted to the applicable municipal office.

Persons residing outside their permanent residence on election day may benefit from respective solutions:

• Voting rights certificate – allows you to vote anywhere in the country or abroad. An application for a certificate shall be submitted to the municipality office where the voter is listed.
• Listing of voters – if the place of residence on the day of the election is known earlier, you can apply for a list of voters in that location. This application shall be submitted no later than 5 days before the elections.

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Polish citizens abroad can vote in the circuits created by Polish consulates. For this intent a prior notification of a want to participate is necessary in the consul's election and supply the required data.

Specific voting rules

For any electorate groups special voting circuits. They are created in:

• hospitals,
• social services homes,
• prisons and detention.

Persons residing in these facilities shall be automatically entered on the electoral roster in a given circuit.

Students can vote at the place of study, subject to prior listing of voters in this location.

Soldiers and officers serving on election day may vote in the circuitry set up in military units, if any.

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

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