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Article 56
 

a)          § 2 shall read as follows:


“§ 2. Authorisation for proxy voting shall be drawn up at the request of the voter filed with the mayor of the municipality where the voter is included in the electoral precinct appropriate for the registered address for permanent residence or the address of permanent residence, no later than the 9th day before the election day. The request shall include the surname and name(s), PESEL personal identification number and address of residence of both the voter and the person for whom proxy voting is to be granted, as well as the designation of the election to which the proxy voting relates.”,


b)         after § 2, § 2a and 2b shall be added and read as follows:


“§ 2a. In the application referred to in § 2, the voter may include an e-mail address or mobile phone number, as well as information on consent to the transfer of data to the register of contact information of natural persons.


§ 2b. The request may be submitted:


1)           verbally;


2)           in writing recorded in:


a)          paper form, bearing a handwritten signature,


b)          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.”,


c)          in § 3, point 3 shall be repealed,


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


“§ 3a. In the election of the President of the Republic of Poland and in the election of the mayor, the authorisation for proxy voting shall be drawn up separately for the first vote and the re-vote.”;