Nieudane samobójstwo polityczne – ustawa o powszechnym głosowaniu korespondencyjnym w wyborach prezydenckich 2020
A failed political suicide – the law on universal postal voting in the presidential election 2020
Author(s): Jarosław Flis, Wojciech CiszewskiSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Civil Society, Governance, Sociology, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Politics and law, Politics and society, History and theory of political science, Sociology of Culture, Social Norms / Social Control, Sociology of Politics, Sociology of Law
Published by: Wydział Socjologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: presidential election; postal voting; COVID-19 pandemic; The Act on Special Rules for Conducting the General Election of the President of the Republic of Poland Ordered in 2020
Summary/Abstract: The paper relates to main problems regarding the conducting of presidential election in Poland during the COVID-19 lockdown. The presidential elections in Poland were originally scheduled for May 2020, that is at the time when COVID-19 restrictions were in force.The ruling party in Poland – Law and Justice – decided to hold the elections in the form of universal postal vote. Unfortunately, due to many complications, the elections were finally postponed. In this paper the authors, firstly, describe the legal context of the election, and secondly, introduce a taxonomy of problems involved in the organization of the election.
Journal: Studia Socjologiczno-Polityczne. Seria Nowa
- Issue Year: 12/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 99-120
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish
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