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Article 32
 

“Article 32. § 1. A voter who changes his place of stay before election day shall receive, upon application to any municipal office, a certificate of right to vote at the place of stay on election day.


§ 2. The application referred to in § 1 shall be submitted in writing recorded in paper form, bearing a handwritten signature between the 44th day and the 3rd day before election day.


§ 3. The certificate on the right to vote issued by the mayor of the selected municipality shall be collected by the voter or a person authorized by the voter at the municipal office to which the application was submitted.


§ 4. A voter who has been issued a certificate of the right to vote shall be deleted from the electoral register in which he is included.


§ 5. The certificate on the right to vote shall contain the voter’s data:


1)           name(s);


2)           surname;


3)           PESEL personal identification number;


4)           address of residence;


5)           indication of the elections the voter is entitled to vote in;


6)           nationality, if the certificate is issued to a citizen of the European Union who is not a Polish citizen entitled to vote in elections to the European Parliament.


§ 6. The provision of § 1 shall not apply in elections to the bodies that constitute local government units and elections of mayors.


§ 7. In by-elections to the Senate, the provision of § 1 shall apply only to voters residing permanently in the area of the constituency in which the by-election is held.


§ 8. In the election of the President of the Republic of Poland, a voter who changes his place of stay before election day shall, at his request, receive two certificates of the right to vote: one indicating the right to vote on the day of the first vote and another indicating the right to vote on the day of re-vote.


§ 9. In the election of the President of the Republic of Poland, a voter who changes his place of stay after the day of the first vote and before the re-vote shall receive, at his request, a certificate of the right to vote with a designation of the right to vote on the day of re-vote.”;