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Article 34
 

a)          § 1 - 3 shall read as follows:


“§ 1. Voters aboard Polish sea vessels engaged in a voyage on election day shall be included in the electoral register compiled and updated by the vessel’s captain.


§ 2. An application for inclusion in the electoral register compiled by the vessel’s captain shall be submitted by the 5th day before election day. The application shall contain the surname and name(s), PESEL personal identification number and address of residence.


§ 3. The provisions of Article 32 § 1, 4, 5, 8 and 9 shall apply accordingly to voters aboard Polish sea vessels, except that the certificate shall be issued by the captain of the vessel who compiled the electoral register.”,


b)         after § 3, § 3a and 3b shall be added and read as follows:


“§ 3a. The captain of the vessel shall notify the mayor of the Śródmieście district of the capital city of Warsaw about the inclusion of the voter in the electoral register. The notification shall contain the surname and name(s) and PESEL registration number of the voter.


§ 3b. The mayor of the Śródmieście district of the capital city of Warsaw shall immediately include information about the inclusion of the voter in the register of voters compiled by the captain of the vessel in the Central Register of Voters.”,


c)          § 4 shall read as follows:


“§ 4. The minister responsible for the maritime economy, after consulting the National Electoral Commission, shall determine, by ordinance:


1)           template of the electoral register referred to in § 1, and the manner of its compilation and updating,


2)           template of the notification referred to in § 3a,


3)           template of the certificate of the right to vote and the manner of issuing and recording these certificates


bearing in mind the importance of ensuring the verifiability of the data contained in the electoral register, the security of the entry and processing of this data, its transmission and receipt, the protection of the certificate from forgery and the principle that one can be included in only one electoral register.”;