Why is it worth going to the polls?

Elections are just around the corner! On 15 October, at 7.00 a.m. – 21.00 we will be able to take part in the vote and decide how it will be The future of our homeland looked like in the coming years.

The ability to vote is our constitutional right. And active participation in elections is an expression of our patriotism. Let's be aware that our vote matters, then we will not lack motivation to go to the ballot box and encourage your loved ones, neighbors. A high turnout is a success for us commitment, not indifference.

Remember! The right to vote is a privilege. Lack A decision is always a bad decision, make your own and go to the ballot box.

Who can vote?

The right to vote (right to vote) in the elections to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland and to the Senate of the Republic of Poland and in the referendum has a Polish citizen who:

(1) at the latest turns 18 on the day of voting;

2) No has been deprived of public rights by a final court decision;

3) Not has been incapacitated by a final court decision;

4) Not he was deprived of his electoral rights by a final decision of the State Tribunal.

Where to vote?

The voter is automatically included in the register voters in their place of permanent residence. If someone has If you have any doubts or know that you do not have a registered address, you can check it:

-        independently in the mObywatel 2.0 -> application Elections tab;

-        by phone at the Department of Civil Affairs – tel. 87 732 61 00;

-        in person at the Department of Civil Affairs – ul. March. J. Piłsudskiego 6 (Identity cards/Population register).

List of polling stations (22 polling stations) in Ełk, including adapted polling stations for the needs of people with disabilities (11 units) are located under the address: https://bip.elk.warmia.mazury.pl/system/obj/39703_obwieszczenie_o_obwodach_m.Elk.pdf

You can choose the polling station where you will vote. Notification until 12 October.

Any voter, including a voter with a disability, may vote in person at a polling station in the voting precinct of his/her Residence.

They can also vote at a polling station of their choice including in a polling station adapted to the needs of people with disabilities. To do so, he or she should submit a request for a change of voting venue. This applies to permanent residents of the country who will be staying on the day of the stay of the elections in the country.

Paper applications are available at the office – Department of Civil Affairs or at the BIP office:

 https://bip.elk.warmia.mazury.pl/procedury/11/180/WYBORY_-_Glosowanie_poza_miejscem_stalego_zamieszkania/

You can also use a trusted profile to submit an application electronically: https://www.gov.pl/web/gov/zmien-miejsce-glosowania

Upon submission of the above application, the voter will be struck off the register in the permanent voting precinct of the address permanent residence or permanent address.

Voting on the basis of a certificate of entitlement to Votes. Applications until October 12.

A voter who intends to change his or her place of residence Before Election Day, you may receive a certificate of eligibility to vote. With Such a certificate may be used to vote in any voting precinct in the country for which the border or on a Polish seagoing vessel.

Application for a certificate of entitlement to Voting shall be submitted to any chosen City Hall, within the period from 1 September 2023 to 12 October 2023 The request shall be made in writing in the form of with a handwritten signature.

Voter Certificate of Right to Vote shall be collected against receipt in person or by a person authorised in writing City Hall.

A voter who has been issued a certificate of entitlement to shall be automatically removed from the electoral roll in which he or she shall be previously included in the census.

Special care should be taken not to lose certificate of the right to vote. In the event of its loss, regardless of the reason, it will not be possible to obtain another certificate or to take a participate in voting in the voting precinct appropriate for the place of permanent Residence.

Voting in medical facilities and nursing homes.

Voters who will be staying on Election Day in health care facilities, nursing homes, prisons and detention centres will be included in the electoral rolls drawn up for the precincts of the constituted in those units and will be able to vote in those units Circuits.

Voters included in the electoral roll in the above entities shall be automatically removed from the census in the place of permanent Residence.

Voters who come to the above-mentioned units before Election Day and they are not on the electoral roll, will be added to the electoral roll by the Regional Electoral Commission on the day of voting.

Voters who come to the above-mentioned units on the day of voting, will be able to vote in the precincts set up in those only on the basis of certificates of the right to vote.

Who do we choose?

The voter turns to the regional election commission document enabling the identification of his/her identity.

Voters are issued one ballot paper each in:

-        elections to the Sejm,

-        elections to the Senate,

-        in a referendum.

In the event that the voter receives the ballot to the refuses to accept one or two of them, the issuer of the ballots A member of the committee makes an appropriate note in the "Comments" section of the electoral roll.

How to cast a vote correctly?

IN ELECTIONS TO THE SEJM: you can vote for only one list of candidates by placing an "X" (at least two lines intersecting in the within the box) in the box to the left next to the name of one candidate from the same list, thereby indicating his priority to obtain a mandate.

IN THE ELECTIONS TO THE SENATE: you can only vote for candidate by placing an "X" (at least two lines intersecting each other) within the box) on the ballot paper in the box on the left next to the name Candidate.

IN REFERENDUM: the voter shall respond separately to the individual questions by placing an "X" (at least two lines intersecting the within the box) on the ballot paper in the box to the left next to the positive answer "YES" or in the box on the left next to the answer negative 'NO'.

More information about the elections at: https://bip.elk.warmia.mazury.pl/235/Wybory/ 

Watch the recording of the Mayor of Ełk Tomasz Andrukiewicz: https://youtu.be/3zmwsV9okMc