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Article 35
 

§ 1 Voters living abroad and holding a valid Polish passport, or in the case of European Union citizens who are not Polish citizens holding a valid passport or other document establishing identity shall be entered into the roll of voters compiled the competent consul.


§ 2 Entry shall be based on personal application lodged verbally, in writing, or by phone, telegram, fax or electronically. The application should contain the name and the name (s), father's name, date of birth, social security registration number (PESEL), indication of the place of domicile of the voter abroad, the number of valid Polish passport and the place and date of issue, in the case of Polish citizens staying temporarily abroad - the place of registration of the voter to register of voters. In the case of European Union citizens who are not Polish citizens, the application should include a number of another valid identity document, as well as place and date of issue. Applications can be made no later than the 3rd day before election day.


§ 3 The provision of Art. 32 § 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the voters residing overseas and in possession of valid Polish passports, except that the certificate shall be issued by the consul, who drew up the list of voters.


§ 4 The minister responsible for foreign affairs, after consultation with the State Commission for Elections, shall determine, by regulation, the manner in which the roll of voters referred to in § 1 is established, as well as how to notify authorities of the municipalities covered by the roll of voters permanently residing people in the country and the manner of issuing declaration on the right to vote, given the need to ensure the ability to verify the data contained in the roll of voters, security of entry and processing of these data, their transmission and reception, and the principle according to which a voter may be entered into the roll of voter only once.


§ 5 Within the jurisdiction of the European Union member states and countries on the territory of which you can enter on the basis of Polish identity card , a valid identity card shall be considered the equivalent document to a valid Polish passport.