Ułatwienia w głosowaniu – wiedza, opinie i oczekiwania Polaków
Voting facilities – knowledge, opinions and expectations of Polish citizens

Summary/Abstract: After many years of efforts a large package of solutions was introduced to the Polish electoral law that is designed to help voters (especially persons with disabilities) to participate in elections, such as postal-voting and proxy voting. It had a significant impact on the level of the constitutional guarantee of universal suffrage and on fulfilment of the international standards in this regard. But a huge challenge is to ensure effective mechanisms to inform citizens about issues related to elections (including the new procedures). Few weeks before European Parliament elections in 2014, Humans Right Defender and Public Opinion Research Center made a research about opinions and knowledge about new constructions. The research shows that awareness of new voting mechanisms and instruments are very low among society. For instance, the majority of respondents (including persons with disabilities) claimed, that they have any knowledge about postal voting, proxy voting and instruments of receiving electoral information. The research showed also that although Poles are very open for new, remote methods of voting, still the most preferable is “classic way” of voting in polling stations.

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