A Few Comments on “Measures to Increase Turnout” Introduced by the Act of January 26, 2023 Amending the Electoral Code and Certain Other Acts Cover Image

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A Few Comments on “Measures to Increase Turnout” Introduced by the Act of January 26, 2023 Amending the Electoral Code and Certain Other Acts

Author(s): Łukasz Buczkowski
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems
Published by: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW
Keywords: Electoral Code; voter turnout; voting circuit; legislative process;

Summary/Abstract: The extensive amendment to the Electoral Code made by the Act of January 26, 2023 – among other solutions – introduced instruments to facilitate voters’ access to polling stations, increasing the turnout level. The aim of the article is to present the adopted solutions and their assessment, made on the background of the legislative process accompanying the adoption of the act. The conducted analysis allows to assume that the discussed solutions do not take into account the interests of all entitled persons to an equal extent, ignore the consistently reported proposals of changes affecting the increase in attendance and imply organizational difficulties due to the moment of their introduction.

  • Issue Year: 70/2023
  • Issue No: 70
  • Page Range: 250-269
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish
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