General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1997)

• Article 62, section 1 states, “If, no later than on the day of vote, he has attained 18 years of age, Polish citizen shall have the right to participate in a referendum and the right to vote for the President of the Republic of Poland as well as representatives to the Sejm and Senate and organs of local government.”
• Article 96, section 2 states, “Elections to the Seym shall be universal, equal, direct and proportional and shall be conducted by secret ballot.”

Electoral Law
On Elections to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
(2001)

• Article 6 states, “Every citizen of Poland who has reached the age of at least 18 years on the day of the poll is eligible to vote.”

On Election of the President of the Republic of Poland
(1990, as amended 2000)

• Article 2 states, “The election shall be universal; every citizen of Poland, being at least 18 years of age on Election Day, shall have the right to vote.”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1997)

• Article 62, section 2 states, "Persons, who, by a final judgement of a court, have been subjected to legal incapacitation or deprived of public or electoral rights, shall have no right to participate in a referendum nor the right to vote."

Electoral Law
On Elections to the Seym of the Republic of Poland
(2001)

• Article 7 states, “The following persons shall not be entitled to vote...3) those deprived of legal capacity by a final ruling of the court.”

On Election of the President of the Republic of Poland
(1990, as amended 2000)

• Article 3 states, “The following persons shall not have the right to vote... 3) those deprived of legal capacity by a final ruling of a court.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
On Elections to the Seym of the Republic Of Poland
(2001)

• Article 52, section 2 states, “Accommodation designed as seats of constituency and ward electoral commissions should be easily accessible to disabled persons.”
• Article 53, section 1 states, “The head of a commune or mayor (president of town) shall ensure accommodation of ward electoral commissions appropriate to the needs of disabled voters.”
• Article 53, section 2 states, “The Minister for public administration, in agreement with the Minister responsible for social policy and the National Electoral Commission, shall establish, by ordinance; 1) technical conditions, taking into account the needs of disabled voters...2) the number of premises of ward electoral commissions adapted to the needs of disabled voters, taking into account the proportions of the number of inhabitants the commune to the number of disabled persons...and the fact that in every commune there should be at least one premise adapted to the needs of the disabled.”
• Article 69 states, “A disabled voter, upon request, may be assisted in voting by another person who is not a member of a ward electoral commission or a poll observer authorised by the candidates.”

On Election of the President of the Republic of Poland
(1990, as amended 2000)

• Article 54 states, “A handicapped voter may be assisted in voting by another person who is not a member of a ward electoral commission or a poll observer authorised by the candidates.”

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Law
On Elections to the Seym of the Republic Of Poland
(2001)

• Article 30, section 1 states, "Polling wards may be established in hospitals and welfare homes with at least fifty resident voters; should the number of voters be lower, a ward may be created after consultation with the head of a hospital or welfare home."
• Article 30, section 2 states, "Polling wards may be established for voters in prison or under arrest, as well as external departments of such institutions. Relinquishment of the creation of such a ward shall be possible on the motivated application of the head of a prison or custody centre respectively."

On Election of the President of the Republic of Poland
(1990, as amended 2000)

• Article 22, section 1 and 2 repeat the provisions of Article 30 of the electoral law On Elections to the Seym of the Republic of Poland.

• Constitution - http://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm
• On Elections to the Seym of the Republic of Poland - http://www.legislationline.org/documents/id/4543
• On Election of the President of the Republic of Poland - http://www.legislationline.org/documents/action/popup/id/4542