Głosowanie korespondencyjne dla każdego? Kilka uwag w sprawie nowelizacji Kodeksu wyborczego z 14 czerwca 2024 r.
- Institution: Akademia Łomżyńska
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0147-4721
- Year of publication: 2024
- Source: Show
- Pages: 13-26
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2024.05.01
- PDF: ppk/81/ppk8101.pdf
Postal Voting for Everyone? A Few Comments on the Amendment to the Electoral Code of June 14, 2024
Under Polish law, apart from voting by proxy, postal voting is an alternative form of voting for eligible categories of voters. Since the entry into force of the Electoral Code of 2011, this institution has experienced numerous transformations, including the group of entities with the right to vote by correspondence. The purpose of this article is to present and assess the changes within the discussed institution, introduced by the Act of June 14, 2024. The study expresses the position that the extension of postal voting to all voters generally deserves a positive reception, as long as it is treated as a guarantee of universality of elections. and an instrument eliminating restrictions on the possibility of freely exercising the right to vote. In the author’s opinion, however, it is inappropriate to present the introduced changes only in the context of the projected increase in voter turnout.