Ocena funkcjonalności zmian wprowadzonych do Kodeksu wyborczego w 2018 roku w świetle doświadczeń wyborów samorządowych
The assessment of functionality of 2018 changes to the Polish electoral code in the light of experience from the latest local government elections
Author(s): Bartłomiej Michalak Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Electoral systems
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: electoral law; electoral code; local government election; electoral administration
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to assess the functionality of amendments introduced to the Polish Elec-toral Code before local government elections in 2018. They brought a number of significant changes to the Polish electoral law, both of a political and organizational nature, as well as in terms of trans-parency and integrity of the entire electoral process. The most important of the amendments con-cerned changes in the functioning of electoral administration bodies (increased number of electoral scrutineers, establishment of the Electoral Officers’ Corps, doubling of the number of local elec-toral commissions with simultaneous privileged position of large electoral committees in the process of nominating candidates to these commissions), new conditions for vote validity (new definition of “x”), lower maximum number of candidates shown on the ballot paper and the establishment of the function of social observers to the electoral process.
Journal: Studia Wyborcze
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 55-73
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Polish