Entitled to vote
Definition:
A person included in the list of voters whose voting rights are particularized in the art. 10 of the Election Code.
The right to vote (active electoral right) is held by:
1.) in elections to the Sejm and the Senate and in the election of the President of the Republic - a Polish citizen who is at least 18 years old on the day of the vote;
2.) in elections to the European Parliament in the Republic of Poland - a Polish citizen who is at least 18 years old on the day of the vote, and a citizen of the European Union who is not a Polish citizen, who is at least 18 years old on the day of the vote, and who permanently resides on the territory of the Republic of Poland;
3.) in elections to the bodies of local government units:
a) the council of a gmina - a Polish citizen and a citizen of the European Union who is not a Polish citizen, who is at least 18 years old on the day of the vote and who permanently resides in the area of that municipality,
b) the council of a powiat and the voivodship sejmik (assembly) - a Polish citizen who is at least 18 years old on the day of the vote and who permanently resides in the area of the respective powiat and voivodeship;
4.) in elections for the head of a given gmina - a person who has the right to vote for the council of that gmina.
Teresa Kałuża-Jurczyńska
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