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Article 28
 

“Article 28. § 1. A voter may change the voting place in a given election. The application for a change of voting place shall be submitted in the period from the 44th day before election day to the 3rd day before election day.


§ 2. The provision of § 1 shall not apply in elections to the bodies that constitute local government units and elections of mayors.


§ 3. In by-elections to the Senate, the provision of § 1 shall apply only to voters residing permanently in the area of the constituency in which the by-election is held.


§ 4. The application referred to in § 1 may be submitted in writing recorded in:


1)   paper form, bearing the voter’s own signature to the municipality office appropriate for the selected permanent electoral precinct in the area of the municipality where the voter will be present on election day;


2)   electronic form, bearing a qualified electronic signature, a trusted profile signature, or a personal signature, using an electronic service made available by the minister responsible for computerisation, after authentication of that person in the manner specified in Article 20a paragraph 1 of the Act of 17 February 2005 on Computerisation of the Bodies Performing Public Tasks.


§ 5. The application referred to in § 1 shall contain the surname, name(s), citizenship, PESEL personal identification number of the applicant and the address of residence on election day.


§ 6. Submission of an application for a change of voting place shall result in the inclusion of the voter in the electoral register in the electoral precinct appropriate for the address of stay and deletion from the register in the permanent electoral precinct appropriate for the registered address for permanent residence or the address of permanent residence.


§ 7. In the election of the President of the Republic of Poland, in which a re-vote is conducted, during the period from the 13th and the 3rd day before the re-vote, the voter may change the voting place upon his application filed in the manner specified in § 4. The provision of § 6 shall apply accordingly.”;