Opinia prawna na temat zgodności z Konstytucją rozwiązań zawartych w Kodeksie wyborczym, które dotyczą realizacji konstytucyjnego biernego prawa wyborczego
Legal opinion about the conformity to the Constitution of rules of the Electoral Code related to the constitutional right to stand for elections

Summary/Abstract: Theright to stand for elections is a crucial political right. Nevertheless it is subject to limita‑tions. These limitations are especially sensible in case of independent candidates whoface additional difficulties on the way to win the mandate of a Deputy. In contrary toforeign electoral laws, the Polish Electoral Code in grants an exclusive right to proposecandidates to electoral committees. The author of the opinion focuses on the positionof independent candidates to present an analysis of particular requirements (such as:a necessity to be proposed by a committee, a required number of candidates on anelectoral list, a minimal number of signatures which allow the list to be registered)which hinder the performance of the right to stand for election. Moreover, it is empha‑sised that the need to cross the nationwide electoral threshold substantially limits thechances of local candidates unrelated to any political party to succeed.

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