Wykorzystanie przez wyborców metody głosowania korespondencyjnego i głosowania przez pełnomocnika na przykładzie Częstochowy
The using by voters the methods of correspondence voting and plenipotentiary voting on the example of Częstochowa

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses two methods of voting by proxy and voting by correspondence, pointing out the changes regarding the circle of addressees who may use alternative forms of voting under the applicable Electoral Code. The article presents and compares the extent to which voters in Częstochowa use two methods of alternative voting on the example of elections to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland and the Senate of the Republic of Poland in 2011, 2015 and 2019, local elections in 2014 and 2018, and members of the EU Parliament in 2014 and 2019 as well as the elections of the President of the Republic of Poland in 2015 and 2020. The analysis of voting by proxy and postal voting has been given in relation to legal regulations and, above all, the circle of addressees who can use these methods. The author indicates which method, in particular elections, the voters chose more often and whether it had an impact on the activation of the electorate and voter turnout from the point of view of the principle of universality of elections.

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