Ograniczenie praw wyborczych wieloletnich emigrantów
Limiting Electoral Rights of Longtime Polish Emigrants

Author(s): Maria Kozłowska
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: election law; condition of domicile; Electoral Code; comparative analysis; universal suffrage; principle of national sovereignty; principle of equality
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the admissibility of limiting electoral rights of Polish citizens in exile by introducing the condition of domicile on the basis of the Polish Constitution in force. The voting rights were subjected to comparative analysis of legal systems of the chosen European Union countries, in which this condition is present. The study allows to formulate the thesis that the condition of domicile does not contradict the basic principles of the political system (sovereignty of the nation, legal equality) and electoral law (universality) expressed in the Polish Constitution.

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