Opinia prawna dotycząca odrębnych obwodów głosowania podczas referendum lokalnego
Legal opinion on separate polling districts during a local referendum

Summary/Abstract: In response to the questions posed, the author argues that the Act on Local Referendum does not establish an obligation to create separate polling districts during a local referendum and, therefore, also during a referendum on the recall of the executive body of the municipality. The lack of possibility to vote due to the stay in hospital, penal institution etc. can, according to the author, involve violation of the Constitution. The author points out that the law does not provide for any sanction for failure to create all polling stations required by law, and there is only the possibility for submitting a complaint to the electoral commissioner or lodging electoral protest with the regional court. A view is presented that invalidity of the result of referendum due to the failure to create separate polling districts occurs when this could have exerted considerable influence on the result of the referendum, i.e. change its consequences. The author concludes that there are no direct sanctions for failing to announce the resolution of the municipal council concerning the creation of polling districts in the provincial gazette, and the place of posting of the resolution in order to make it public is not specified by law.

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