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Article 160
 

§ 1. In matters connected with carrying out of elections the National Election Commission shall be in charge of:


1) supervising compliance with the election law;


2) supervision over maintenance and update of the register of voters and over drawing up of lists of voters;


3) setting up district and regional election commissions and dissolving district, regional and precinct election commissions after they have performed their statutory tasks;


3a) dissolution of precinct election commissions after completion of their statutory tasks in elections to the Sejm and Senate, elections to the President of the Republic of Poland, elections to the European Parliament;


4) appointing and dismissing election commissioners;


5) consideration of complaints about operation of district election commissions and election commissioners;


6) establishing models of official forms and election forms as well as specimens of stamps of lower-rank electoral bodies;


7) determining and announcing voting results and results of elections within the scope stipulated in special provisions of the code;


8) presenting after each election to the President of the Republic of Poland, the Marshal of the Sejm, the Marshal of the Senate and the Prime Minister information about implementation of provisions of the code and any possible proposals for amendments;


8a) checking selected ballot papers and other election documents in order to exclude suspicion of irregularities in conducting elections in case of reasonable suspicion of the possibility of irregularities;


9) carrying out and supporting informative activities raising awareness among nationals of the election law, in particular of voting rules;


9a) directing, within 14 days before the election day, accessible information about the voting method and the conditions for the validity of the vote to the largest possible number of voters using the Commission's website and via the mass media;


10) performing other tasks laid down in Acts.


§ 2. The activities mentioned in § 1 point 9 shall be implemented by the National Election Commission in particular through:


1) maintenance of an informative web portal;


2) preparation of informative publications;


3) preparation of informative programmes broadcast by Telewizja Polska and Polskie Radio Spółka Akcyjna and regional radio companies within the scope and under the conditions laid down in provisions on an election campaign in radio and television programmes.


§ 3. The National Election Commission within the activities mentioned in § 1 point 9 and § 2 shall cooperate with non-governmental organisations within the meaning of the Act of 24 April 2003 on charitable activities and on volunteering (OJ of 2010 No. 234, item 1536) whose statutory objects include development of democracy, civil society, raising of election activity and promotion of civil rights.


§ 4. The National Election Commission shall establish its rules of procedure, rules of procedure for election commissioners and rules of procedure for district, regional, territorial and precinct election commissions, determining in them in particular:


1) rules and mode of work;


2) way of performing tasks;


3) way of supervising compliance with the election law.