Supreme Court found election law violation but dismissed protest as it did not affect election results.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court of Poland found that the Electoral Commission violated Article 39a of the Presidential Election Act by recording voters' names without attaching the original voting rights certificates. While the protest was deemed substantively valid regarding this procedural error, the Court ruled that the violation did not influence the final election outcome due to the large margin of victory. Consequently, the protest was accepted as valid but the election results were confirmed as unchanged.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 39a ust. 1 ustawy o wyborze Prezydenta RP; Art. 50 ust. 3 ustawy o wyborze Prezydenta RP: A violation of the statutory requirement to attach the original voting rights certificate to the voter list constitutes a procedural breach, but such a breach does not invalidate the election results if it did not affect the outcome.