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The article deals with the changes in the Election Code of 2011, aimed at making it easier for people with disabilities to vote. The author gives his support to them, but also offers some adjustments. As concerns voting by correspondence, he proposes to transfer to a later date the deadline for submission of notice of intention of voting, as well as the revision of the requirement of attaching a declaration confirming that the ballot has been filled‑in in person and in a manner guaranteeing secrecy of voting. In addition, the author proposes the extension of postal voting procedures to include other groups of voters. In his opinion, it would be advisable to develop procedures for electronic voting and the introduction of a statutory duty of the municipalities to organize free transportation to the polling stations for elderly and disabled voters.
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The author of the article presents the so-called i-voting as one of alternative voting procedures and examples of introducing it in several countries. Many researchers consider i-voting as one of the ways to meet voters expectations. Potential benefits and risks of Internet voting are widely discussed. The initial, strong assumption that there is a direct relation between applying i-voting (as the alternative voting procedure) to voters and increasing voter turnout, seems to be highly problematic. There is no unequivocal proof that such a link exists. Research results suggest that in this respect i-voting provides, above all, an additional opportunity to participate in the vote. The fact that one takes advantage of it it does not result from any necessity, but is primarily a consequence of a freely made decision, influenced by other factors, such as convenience or curiosity about changing the usual way of participating in the vote. On the other hand, opponents regard i-voting as a serious threat of basic principles of elections. Potential implications of this form of voting on security, transparency and integrity of voting are stressed.
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Po wielu latach starań wprowadzono do polskiego prawa wyborczego pakiet różnorodnych ułatwień w głosowaniu (adresowanych przede wszystkim do wyborców niepełnosprawnych) m.in. głosowanie przez pełnomocnika oraz głosowanie korespondencyjne. Zmiany te w zna-czący sposób zwiększyły gwarancje zasady powszechności wyborów, a także wypełnianie mię-dzynarodowych standardów. Jednak ogromnym wyzwaniem jest wciąż skuteczne poinfor-mowanie wyborców o mechanizmach prawa wyborczego, w tym nowych ułatwieniach. Na kil-ka tygodni przed wyborami do Parlamentu Europejskiego, w marcu 2014 roku, Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich i Centrum Badania Opinii Publicznej przeprowadziły badanie wiedzy i opinii Polaków na temat nowych rozwiązań prawa wyborczego. Ukazało ono, że wiedza o nowych procedurach wyborczych jest bardzo niewielka np. zdecydowana większość ankietowych wy-borców niepełnosprawnych nie miało żadnej wiedzy o procedurach głosowania koresponden-cyjnego, czy przez pełnomocnika, a nawet o sposobach uzyskania informacji o ułatwieniach. Badanie ukazało również, że choć Polacy są bardzo otwarci na wprowadzenie do polskiego pra-wa wyborczego tzw. alternatywnych procedur głosowania, to jako preferowany przez siebie sposób oddania głosu wskazują „klasyczne” osobiste głosowanie w lokalu wyborczym.
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After many years of efforts a large package of solutions was introduced to the Polish electoral law that is designed to help voters (especially persons with disabilities) to participate in elections, such as postal-voting and proxy voting. It had a significant impact on the level of the constitutional guarantee of universal suffrage and on fulfilment of the international standards in this regard. But a huge challenge is to ensure effective mechanisms to inform citizens about issues related to elections (including the new procedures). Few weeks before European Parliament elections in 2014, Humans Right Defender and Public Opinion Research Center made a research about opinions and knowledge about new constructions. The research shows that awareness of new voting mechanisms and instruments are very low among society. For instance, the majority of respondents (including persons with disabilities) claimed, that they have any knowledge about postal voting, proxy voting and instruments of receiving electoral information. The research showed also that although Poles are very open for new, remote methods of voting, still the most preferable is “classic way” of voting in polling stations.
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