Polish president signs into law rules for mixed voting system

Poland’s head of state has signed into law new rules allowing the country’s presidential election to be held via a mixed system of postal and traditional in-person voting, his spokesman said on Tuesday evening.

Polish President Andrzej Duda at a press conference on Tuesday

Photo: EPA/PRZEMYSLAW PIATKOWSKI

President Andrzej Duda signed the law into effect on the same day that it was passed by the lower house of parliament.

Under the new rules, voting will take place at polling stations, as in the past, but Poles will also be able to apply to cast their ballot by post.

The date of the presidential election is to be announced by Parliamentary Speaker Elżbieta Witek. She is expected to make her decision known on Wednesday.

The Polish presidential vote was originally scheduled for May 10, but it failed to go ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 1,092 lives in this country.

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Source: PAP/Polish Radio