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Article 51
 

§ 1. Only the voter entered into the list of voters, his proxy and the voter described in the provisions of § 2-4 are entitled to vote.


§ 2. On the day of voting, the precinct election commission for conducting the voting may add to the list of voters:


1) a person presenting a certificate of the right to vote, attaching a certificate to the list of voters, if the provisions concerning the election provide for the possibility of obtaining such certificate;


2) a person omitted on the list of voters who proves permanent residence on the territory of given voting precinct, and the office of the municipality has confirmed that it has not received a notice of this person’s deprivation of the right to vote or notice of the inclusion of that person on the list of voters of another voting precinct;


3) A person struck from the list for a given precinct in connection with the entering of the person onto the list of voters in the institutions referred to in art. 12 § 4, if he or she may prove that he or she left the institution before the election day.


§ 3 In elections to the Sejm and the Senate, the election of the President of the Republic of Poland and the European Parliamentary elections, the election commission for conducting the voting shall add to the list of voters on the day of voting, a person who is a Polish citizen permanently residing abroad, but voting in the country on the basis of a valid Polish passport, if he presents proof that he permanently resides abroad. In this case, the commission makes an annotation of the passport number and date and place of passport issue in the “remarks” section of the list of voters, as well as placing the seal of the commission and date of voting on a free page of the passport dedicated for visas.


§ 4. The provision of § 2 shall apply accordingly in case of the voters entering the institution referred to in art. 12 § 4, on the eve of the election.