You can submit applications for power of attorney to vote in the elections until October 6. In turn, until October 10, people staying abroad can submit applications to be included in the electoral roll. Additionally, all branches of the Office of Administration and Citizens’ Affairs in Warsaw’s district offices will be open longer.
On Friday, October 6 the deadline for submitting applications for drawing up a power of attorney deed expires. The application together with the required attachments should be submitted to the branch office of the Office of Administration and Civil Affairs in the district of Warsaw appropriate for the address of permanent residence or permanent residence address or using the website. More information can be found at: address: Warszawa19115.
An important deadline for people abroad
To vote outside the country, you must have a valid Polish passport and submit an application to be included in the voter roll to the territorially appropriate consulate by October 10 or have a certificate of your right to vote.
Applications can be submitted in three ways.
1) via the Internet using the “e-Elections“; 2) in person or by correspondence by submitting a paper application with a handwritten signature; 3) by e-mail by sending a scan or photo of the application with a handwritten signature to the e-mail address of the relevant consular office.
Voters staying on Polish sea ships traveling on election day may submit an application to be included in the voter roll prepared by the ship’s captain until the fifth day before election day.
Delegations open longer
“From Monday, there is a much greater interest in dealing with electoral matters. Therefore, until October 12, all branches of the Office of Administration and Civil Affairs in district offices will be open until 6 p.m.,” the town hall said in a statement.
He added that the number of issued voting rights certificates nationwide is currently nearly 190,000, and the share of Warsaw residents in the issued certificates is almost 11 percent. – Within two days, almost 6,000 people applied for a certificate of voting rights. people, and to add almost a thousand people to the voter roll at one time – he noted.
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