Przymus wyborczy w Australii

• Authors: Kryszeń Grzegorz

Title variants

EN

Compulsory voting in Australia

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Australia zajmuje szczególne miejsce w światowej historii idei głosowania przymusowego. Zalicza się do pierwszych państw, które zdecydowały się na realizację wspomnianej idei, a rezultaty tej decyzji okazały się być niej bardzo udane. W niniejszym opracowaniu jest ukazana geneza obowiązkowego głosowania w Australii, proces jego wprowadzania oraz wpływ, jaki wywarło ono na frekwencję w federalnych wyborach parlamentarnych. Przeprowadzona jest również analiza stosownych regulacji prawnych. Osobny fragment opracowania jest poświęcony niezwykle wysokiemu społecznemu poparciu dla głosowania przymusowego, świadczącemu o tym, że stało się ono ważnym elementem australijskiej kultury politycznej.

EN

Australia holds a particular place in the world history of a compulsory voting. It is of one of the first countries which has decided for the implementation of the mentioned idea. The results of this decision have turned out very successful. This work shows the origins of compulsory voting in Australia, the process of its’ implementation and the influence on voter turnout in the federal parliamentary elections. This coverage also conducts the analyse of appropriate legal regulations. The separated part of this work is dedicated to extraordinary high social support for compulsory voting which shows an important element of Australian political culture.

Keywords

PL

wybory; prawo wyborcze; australijskie prawo wyborcze; wybory do Parlamentu Australii; głosowanie przymusowe

EN

elections; electoral law; Australian electoral law; Australian parliamentary elections; compulsory voting

• Publisher: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Stowarzyszenie
• Journal: Studia Wyborcze
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 24
• Pages: 83-102

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Kryszeń Grzegorz

• Katedra Prawa Konstytucyjnego, Wydział Prawa, Uniwersytet w Białymstoku

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Identifiers

DOI

10.26485/SW/2017/24/4