Problematyka terminów w wyborach Prezydenta RP zarządzonych postanowieniem Marszałka Sejmu z 3 czerwca 2020 r.

Abstrakt

The aim of this study is to evaluate the solutions regarding the shape of the election calendar in the elections of the President of the Republic of Poland ordered by the decision of the Marshal of the Sejm of 3 June 2020. First, the study analyzes the legal nature of the decision of the Marshal of the Sejm and the special powers granted to this body under the episodic act of 2 June 2020 on the special rules for the organization of general elections for the President of the Republic of Poland ordered in 2020 with the possibility of voting by post. In this regard, the Marshal's right to set deadlines ignoring the regulations of the Electoral Code and the possibility of modifying the terms specified in the election calendar in connection with the epidemic situation were assessed. In the second part of the paper, the system of election terms resulting from the election calendar was analyzed in order to verify whether the adopted solutions favored the exercise of subjective election rights in the elections of the President in 2020. The research was based on the formal and dogmatic method.