Postal Voting as an Ultimate Rescue Measure for Presidential Election During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland
- Institution: University of Gdansk
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8972-4088
- Year of publication: 2020
- Source: Show
- Pages: 99-112
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2020.05.07
- PDF: ppk/57/ppk5707.pdf
The article concerns the Polish regulation and practice concerning postal voting. After presenting some background information on postal voting in Poland, such as the circumstances of its introduction in 2011 and changes it has undergone since then, the author focuses on the latest amendments related to postal voting in the presidential election that were ordered for 10 May 2020. The issue has recently become extremely topical as the ruling party wanted to use postal voting for a large scale as a remedy for problems with holding the traditional election due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That idea was followed by the adoption of a specific law which, however, has aroused many controversies and great doubts about its constitutionality, mainly related to the way it was proceeded.