III SW 84/05
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Invalid ballot due to missing committee name; votes on such ballots are void under Electoral Code.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court upheld a protest against the validity of Senate elections, ruling that ballots lacking a candidate's committee name were invalid. The court found that electoral commissions violated mandatory statutory requirements by issuing and accepting ballots without this essential identifier. Consequently, the court determined that the procedural error affected the election results and could not be cured by late notices.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 60 ust. 1; Art. 200 ust. 1; Art. 72 Ordynacji wyborczej: Ballots failing to contain mandatory identifying data, specifically the committee name, are deemed invalid, and votes cast on them must be rejected regardless of pragmatic difficulties in correcting the error.
Keywords
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invalid ballot
electoral code
mandatory data
committee name
void vote
election protest
procedural defect
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 60 ust. 1 Ordynacji wyborczej
Art. 200 ust. 1 Ordynacji wyborczej
Art. 72 Ordynacji wyborczej
art. 101 Konstytucji