The electoral calendar not only sets the dates of the first and possibly second circular of presidential elections, but besides sets the exact dates of the activities that committees and voters must carry out if, for example, they want to have free transport or intend to vote outside their district.
Under the order of the talker of the Sejm, Simon Holowna, an election run has been underway since mid-January until this year's presidential election. They will be held on 18 May, and possible second circular - on 1 June. The electoral calendar attached to the provision shall specify the days on which the deadlines for the execution of certain electoral activities expire.
To 28 April The State Election Commission will supply candidate data in this year's elections. Registered by PKW are: Artur Bartoszewicz (an economist), Magdalena Biejat (the candidate of the Left), Grzegorz Braun (the MEP excluded from the Confederate), Szymon Hołownia (the talker of the Sejm, a candidate of the 3rd Way), Marek Jakubiak (a associate of the Free Republicans' Circle), Sławomir Mentzen (the candidate of the Confederate Confederation), Karol Nawrocki (the president of the IPN, a candidate supported by the PiS), Joanna Senyszyn (a erstwhile MP of the SLD, economist), Rafał Trzaskowski (the president of Warsaw and candidate of the KO), Marek Woch (the candidate of the Unpartisan Local Government), Adrian Zandberg (a MP, organization candidate Total) and Maciej Maciak (the leader of the Freedom and Peace Movement).
From 3 May electoral committees of these candidates have the right to distribute election broadcasts free of charge in public broadcasts of radio and tv broadcasters - in Polish tv and in Polish Radio. According to the Electoral Code, the broadcasting time of 1 electoral committee must not be surrendered to another committee.
The election run will end 16 May At 24.00 p.m., voters will be able to return their votes on May 18 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Until then, it is prohibited to conduct electoral agitations, including convocations of gatherings, organizing incomes and manifestations, as well as giving speeches and distributing election materials. In addition, it is prohibited to make public the results of pre-election surveys (prodises) of public opinion on the envisaged electoral behaviours and election results and the results of the electoral polls carried out on the day of the vote.
5 May In turn, the deadline for electoral commissioners to vote by message by voters with disabilities and by voters who were at the latest 60 years old on the day of voting. It is only possible to vote by correspondence in the country. specified a request may be made orally, in writing with its own signature, electronically or by telephone. The application shall be accompanied by a copy of the competent authority to find the degree of disability.
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In the case of an oral application, the disabled voter must deliver the decision to the municipal office. No later than six days before the day of voting, the applicant voter should receive an election package delivered to him by a typical of the Polish Post Office.
The electoral package consists of: a return envelope, a ballot card, a ballot card envelope, a message of individual and secret voting on the ballot card, instructions for correspondence voting, and possibly a ballot card cover drawn up in Braille's alphabet if the voter requested its message.
Also 5 May The deadline for notifying the mayor of his intention to exercise the right to free transport to the premises or free return transport by voters with disabilities or voters who have completed 60 years of age by the day of voting.
This right is granted in a municipality where no municipal passenger transport operates on election day. Under these conditions, certain voters are entitled to transport to their place of residence. This right is besides valid for a possible re-vote, the alleged second round. If the voter did not apply for free transport before the 1st circular and wants to exercise this right during the 2nd circular of elections, he will be able to study specified a intention to the mayor at the earliest on the day after the first vote (i.e. 19 May) and at the latest on the 5th day before the day of re-vote, i.e. until 27 May.
Information on the organisation in municipalities of free passenger transport will be made public 8 May. Voters who want to exercise this right should 15 May be informed of the time of transport on the day of the vote.
To 9 May voters with disabilities or voters who are at the latest 60 years old on election day may apply for a power of lawyer to vote. This is only possible in the country, if to 9 May a request for power of lawyer shall be made to the municipality mayor in which the applicant is included in the permanent circuit of the vote in the Central registry of Voters. PKW states in its information that a proxy may be a individual with the right to choose. It must not be: a individual from the peripheral commission liable for the circuit voting of the individual giving the power of attorney; a husband of trust; a social observer and a candidate in elections. The power of lawyer may be accepted from only 1 person, but where 1 individual granting it is simply a close household of the proxy.
Voting outside your district
To 13 May voters abroad may apply to be included in electoral lists in voting circuits established abroad. This application shall be submitted, in paper form with its own signature, utilizing an e-election electronic service or to the email address, to the applicable consul liable for drawing up the e-election list.
In the event of the second round, specified voters will proceed to be included in the abroad electoral register. Voters who then want to cast their votes in another State or in their permanent residence may either receive from the Consul or from any municipal office a certificate of voting rights (possible May 29), or (to 27 May) apply to include in the list of voters the consul liable for the voting circuit in which the voter will be present on the day of the 2nd circular of elections, or to apply to change the voting place to the municipal office for the selected permanent voting area in the municipality in which the voter will reside 1 June (the application must be submitted to May 29).
The situation is the same for persons voting on seagoing ships, but that requests for entry in the electoral roster must be submitted to the master of the ship.
The elector resident in the country, but wishing to vote abroad, may receive a certificate of voting rights. With this certificate you can vote in any voting circuit in the country, abroad or on a Polish sea ship. The time limit for submitting specified a request shall expire. 15 May.
The application shall be submitted in a paper form with its own signature in any elected municipal office. The voter's certificate shall be taken personally or by a individual in writing authorized to do so. In the second case, the applicant must draw up an application for a certificate and authorisation. Voter will receive 2 certificates: 1 with the right to vote in elections 18 May and the second with specified a right on the day of a possible re-vote, i.e. in the second circular of elections, which, if necessary, will take place on 1 June.
A motion may besides be made to change the voting place by 15 May. It concerns persons who are temporarily absent from their place of residence or registered or who are not included in any permanent voting circuit in the Central registry of Voters. This application can be submitted in paper form (to the municipal office where the voter resides and wishes to vote in the presidential election in the selected peripheral commission), or in electronic form (using the electronic service provided on the gov.pl website).
Source: PAP
