The Central Register of Voters as a Component of the Electoral Process in the Light of the Amendment to the Electoral Code of January 26, 2023 – Theory and Practice on the Example of Communes in the Łódź Voivodeship Cover Image

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The Central Register of Voters as a Component of the Electoral Process in the Light of the Amendment to the Electoral Code of January 26, 2023 – Theory and Practice on the Example of Communes in the Łódź Voivodeship

Author(s): Mikołaj Truszkowski
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Politics and law
Published by: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW
Keywords: Electoral Code; Central Register of Voters; elections; electoral law; Constitution

Summary/Abstract: As a result of the amendment to the Electoral Code of January 2023, in order to improve and prevent irregularities in the electoral process, this act was supplemented with provisions regarding the Central Register of Voters. It is a tool containing, among other things, a list of people entitled to vote in the Republic of Poland. It is used in particular to prepare lists of voters and persons entitled to participate in the referendum, and to determine the number of voters. The article presents the ratio legis of introducing this instrument into the Polish electoral law system, data collected in the CRW and its functioning in the municipalities of the Łódź Voivodeship on the example of the 2023 parliamentary elections.

  • Issue Year: 74/2024
  • Issue No: 74
  • Page Range: 254-267
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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