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Article 53
 

§ 1. A disabled voter shall notify the intention to postal voting to the election commissioner up to the 15th day before the election day.


§ 2. The notification referred to in § 1 may be made orally, in writing, by fax or in electronic form.


§ 2a. The election commissioner shall immediately forward the application referred to in § 1 to the competent election officer.


§ 3. The application referred to in § 1 should contain the surname and first name (s), father's name, date of birth, PESEL identification number of the disabled voter, a statement on entering this voter in the register of voters in a given municipality, designation of the elections, and indication of the address to which the voting packet should be sent.


§ 4. (repealed)


§ 5. (repealed)


§ 6. (repealed)


§ 7. In the application referred to in § 1, a disabled voter may request the attachment of a ballot overlay prepared in Braille to the electoral packet.


§ 8. If postal voting is to concern the election of the President of the Republic of Poland or the mayor's election, notification of the intention of postal voting also applies for the second voting.


§ 9. In the cases referred to in art. 295 § 1 and 2, notification of the intention to postal voting is common to all elections held on a given day.


§ 10. In a case when a disabled voter declared his intention of postal voting, certificate of the right to vote at the place of stay on the election day is not given after the voting packet has been sent to the voter, unless the voter has returned the packet intact.