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Article 67
 
1. Only a voter whose name occurs on the list of voters, or a voter added to the list pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3, may cast a vote.
2. The ward electoral commission shall add on polling day to the list of voters:
1) a person who submits a certificate of the right to vote, appending such certificate to the list of voters;
2) a person omitted from the list of voters who proves permanent residence on the territory of given electoral ward, provided that the office of a commune has confirmed that it has not received a notice of this person’s forfeiture of the right to vote or notice of the inclusion of that person on the list of voters of another ward,
3) a person deleted from the roll of voters of given electoral ward because of inclusion on the list of voters of a hospital or social welfare institution, referred to in Article 20, paragraph 1, if that person submits a document confirming that s/he has left the hospital or social welfare institution on the day preceding polling day.
4) A Polish citizen residing abroad, voting in Poland on the basis of  a valid Polish passport, on submission of a document confirming permanent residence abroad. In such case the commission shall insert the number of the passport and the place and date of its issue in the section “remarks” on the voting list, and shall insert on the last blank page of the passport, devoted for annotations, the imprint of its seal and the date of the poll.
3. The provision of paragraph 2 above shall be applied to the arrival of a person at a hospital or social welfare institution on the day preceding polling day.