Cisza wyborcza w dobie nowych technologii
Election Silence in the Age of New Technologies

Author(s): Katarzyna Cłapińska
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: election silence; election; new technologies; National Electoral Commission Electoral Code; Electoral System
Summary/Abstract: The legitimacy of election silence raises a lot of controversy. The biggest accusation against this regulation is the maladaptation to the world of cyberspace and its internet users. There are no guidelines as to how the internet space should function on the election day. An additional problem is the question whether it is even possible for the legislator to intervene in this sphere. The National Electoral Commission encouraged changes in the current legal status. Nowoczesna party proposed to lift the election silence, which ultimately was not voted by the parliament. The number of violations increases every year and the legislator’s inconsistency seems to be more and more blatant.

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