Election protest dismissed because a clerical error in vote counting did not affect the final election result.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the election protest filed by Leszek M. regarding a clerical error where four valid votes were incorrectly attributed to one candidate instead of another on the same party list. Although the court acknowledged the procedural violation by the district election commission, it found that the mistake did not alter the aggregate vote count for the party list. Consequently, the court ruled that the error had no material impact on the election outcome because the party list had already secured the necessary threshold.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 133 ust. 1 Ordynacji wyborczej; Art. 70, 71 Ordynacji wyborczej; A procedural error in counting votes within a district does not invalidate election results if the party list in question has already met the national threshold for mandate allocation.