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Article 182
 

§ 1. A precinct electoral commission shall be set up from among voters:


1) in elections to the Sejm and to the Senate, in elections of the President of the Republic of Poland and in elections to the European Parliament in the Republic of Poland not later than on the 21st day before the date of elections – by a commune head,


2) in elections to regulatory authorities of territorial self-government units and in elections of commune heads not later than on the 21st day before the date of elections – by a competent territorial electoral commission – subject to provisions of Article 183.


§ 2. To a precinct electoral commission there shall be appointed:


1) from 6 to 8 persons from among candidates proposed by electoral plenipotentiaries or persons authorised by them;


2) one person designated by a commune head from among self-government workers of a commune or communal organisational units.


§ 3.To precinct electoral commissions in electoral precincts established in health care institutions, social assistance houses, penal institutions, detention centres and external departments of such institutions and detention centres there shall appointed:


1) from 4 to 6 persons from among candidates proposed by electoral plenipotentiaries or persons authorised by them;


2) one person designated by a commune head from among workers of a unit in which the precinct is established.


§ 4. Only persons included in the permanent register of voters of a particular commune shall have the right to be the candidates mentioned in § 2 point 1 and in § 3 point 1.


§ 5. An electoral plenipotentiary or a person authorised by him/her shall have the right to propose only one candidate to each precinct electoral commission on the territory of the electoral district in which there has been registered a proposed by him/her list of candidates for members of the parliament, members to the European Parliament, councillors or there has been registered a candidate for the President of the Republic of Poland, senator or commune head. The notification in elections to the Sejm and to the Senate, in elections of the President of the Republic of Poland and in elections to the European Parliament in the Republic of Poland shall be made not later than on the 23rd day before the date of elections. The notification in elections to regulatory authorities of territorial self-government units and in elections of commune heads shall be made not later than on the 30thday before the date of elections.


§ 6. A person shall be proposed to a precinct electoral commission after obtaining consent of the person concerned.


§ 7. In the event of proposing to a precinct electoral commission the number of candidates exceeding the permissible composition of the commission, the composition of the commission shall be decided by a public draw carried out by a commune head.


§ 8. If the number of candidates proposed under the procedure mentioned in § 5 is smaller than the permissible minimal numerical composition of the commission, its composition shall be completed by a commune head from among persons included in the permanent register of voters of this commune. The provision of § 6 shall apply accordingly.


§ 9. The first meeting of a precinct electoral commission shall be convened by a commune head.


§ 10. At the first meeting a precinct electoral commission shall appoint from among its members a chairperson and his/her deputy. Composition of the commission shall be immediately made known to the public as is customary. § 11. The National Electoral Commission shall determine the way of proposing candidates for members of precinct electoral commissions, the model of the notification and the rules on setting up of these commissions, including the procedure for carrying out of the draw mentioned in § 7.