LIMITATIONS ON THE FREEDOM TO CONDUCT ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS IN THE LIGHT OF ELECTORAL CODE REGULATIONS Cover Image

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LIMITATIONS ON THE FREEDOM TO CONDUCT ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS IN THE LIGHT OF ELECTORAL CODE REGULATIONS

Author(s): Ryszard Balicki, Karolina Piech
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Electoral systems
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: electoral campaign;electioneering;Electoral Code;election;indirect democracy;election silence

Summary/Abstract: This article concerns limitations, which the legislator levied on entities conducting an election campaign. The authors presented the most important aspects of the legal regulations pertaining to an electoral campaign and electioneering, next they character-ized the institution of “election silence”, limitations placed upon the place and time of conducting an electoral campaign and personal limitations, concluded in Polish Electoral Code. The article concludes with proposals of changes, which it would be possible to introduce into Polish election law.

  • Issue Year: 13/2015
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 33-45
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish