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Article 37
 

§ 1. A voter with a significant or moderate degree of disability within the meaning of the Act of 27 August 1997 on Occupational and Social Rehabilitation and Employment of the Disabled and a voter who is at least 60 years of age on election day are entitled to free transport from:


1)   the place of residence where the voter is included in the electoral register, or the place given in the application for inclusion in the electoral register of the municipality, as referred to in Article 28 § 1, to the polling station appropriate for the electoral precinct in whose electoral register the voter is included, or


2)   place of stay to the nearest polling station on the election day, in the case referred to in Article 32 § 1


- hereinafter referred to as “transport to the polling station”;


3)   polling station referred to in points 1 and 2 to the place where the voter in question started his journey, hereinafter referred to as “return transport”.


§ 2. Transport to the polling station and return transport shall be provided by the mayor of a municipality in which municipal passenger transport is not in operation on election day, as referred to in Article 4 paragraph 1 point 3 of the Act of 16 December 2010 on Public Transport (Journal of Laws of 2022, items 1343 and 2666), in addition to the transport referred to in Article 37f § 1.


§ 3. The voter referred to in § 1, whose health condition does not allow independent travel, may be accompanied by a caretaker.


§ 4. The voter referred to in § 1 shall notify the appropriate mayor by the 13th day before election day of his intention to exercise his right to transport to the polling station or return transport.


§ 5. In the case of the election of the President of the Republic of Poland and the election of the mayor, the notification of the intention to exercise the right to transport to the polling station or return transport also applies to re-voting. If the notification of the intention to exercise the right to transport to the polling station or return transport is to apply only to the re-vote, the intention may be submitted up to the 5th day before the day of the re-vote.


§ 6. The notification referred to in § 4 and 5 may be made verbally, in writing, or electronically. The notification shall state the surname and name(s), the PESEL personal identification number of the voter and the caretaker, if he is to accompany the voter, the designation of the place of residence, or other place referred to in § 1 points 1 and 2, an indication whether the voter intends to use return transport, the designation of the election to which the notification relates, and the voter’s telephone number or e-mail address, if he has one.


§ 7. In the notification referred to in § 4 and 5, a voter whose health condition does not allow independent travel shall declare this fact, and a voter with a disability shall declare the assessed degree of disability and the validity of the certificate.


§ 8. The mayor shall inform the voter who notified his intention to exercise the right to transport to the polling station about the time of transport to the polling station on the election day, no later than the 3rd day before election day.


§ 9. A voter who notified his intention to exercise his right to transport to the polling station or return transport may withdraw his notification or give up only return transport no later than on the 2nd day before the election day. Withdrawal of notification or resignation from return transport may be done verbally, in writing, or electronically.