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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

part iii 3. Voter turnout in last National Elections
50.96%
ELECtorAL sYstEM
4. Voting Method
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy Manual marking of Ballot papers
5. Audit Trail
1. Name of the EMB(S)
Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza (PKW) National Not implemented
Electoral Commission 6. Voting Process
A voter visits the polling station and identification
2. Website Address
https://pkw.gov.pl/ documents are checked. In case a voter spoils
the ballot, the law does not allow for it to be re-
3. Nature of EMB placed. The polling staff provides the ballot paper
Independent and guides her/him towards the voting screen to
mark her/his ballot in secret. In order to achieve
4. No. of Members in EMB maximum participation and to facilitate the voting
9 process for both disabled and elderly voters, proxy
voting provision is available for disabled and elder-
5. Terms of office ly voters (those over 75 years of age). Postal voting
Not specified
was also recently extended to all voters, including
6. EMB Members selected by those disabled and abroad, and voters with visual
Judiciary, President impairments, except for local elections where only
disabled voters may use postal method of voting.
7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority
EMB (C) ELECTION CALENDAR

8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB 1. Last Election Dates
Presidential elections Presidential elections were held in Poland on 28
June 2020 (first round), 12 July 2020 (second
9. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the round)
Electoral Process in the country
No 2. Future Election Date
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in
12. Title of Electoral Law Poland in 2025
Act of 5 January, 2011 Election Code (Journal of
Laws 31 January, 2011) 3. Compulsory Voting
No
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS

1. Total Population as on
38 Million (Feb. 2019)

2. Registered Electors
30 Million (July 2020)

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