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Article 63
 

§ 1 The notification of the intention to cast a postal vote may be submitted to the competent territorial consul on the 15th day before election day.


§ 2 The notification referred to in § 1 may be made orally, in writing, by telegraph, fax or electronically. The notification should contain the name and name (s), father's name, birth date, social security number (PESEL), voter identification of residence abroad, the number of valid Polish passport and the place and date of issue, place of registration of the voter in the voter register - in the case of Polish citizens temporarily staying abroad, as well as the address to which the package for elections referred to in art. 65 § 1 should be sent. In the case of European Union citizens who are not Polish citizens, the notification should include the number of another valid identity document and place and date of issue.


§ 2a. On the basis of the notification referred to in § 2, the consul enters the voter into the roll of voters appropriate for his or her constituency, referred to in art 14 § 2, second sentence. In this case the provision of art. 35 § 2 shall not apply.


§ 3 If the voter declares his or her intention to cast a postal vote referred to in art. 35 § 3, the certificate of permissibility to cast a postal vote is not issues following the sending of the voter of the package for elections, unless the said package is returned intact.