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National Electoral Commission (Poland)
EMB : National Electoral Commission
Website : http://pkw.gov.pl
Join : 2013
EMB Information

· Date of formation : 1991

· Number of staff at EMB : The PKW has 9 members, which are the judges of the Supreme Court of Poland (3), the Constitutional Tribunal (3) and the Supreme Administrative Court of Poland (3). Members of PKW are nominated by the heads of courts and are appointed by the President. There is no cadency of PKW - membership in Commission expires at 70. The head of court which the member of PKW is nominated for, can recall him on a requested reason

· Main functions of EMB : PKW organises all elections in Poland

 - election of the President of the Republic of Poland; 

 - elections to Sejm and Senat (lower and upper houses of the Parliament); 

 - local elections (to gminas/city/powiats councils, for wojt/burmistrz (mayor) and president of the city and sejmiki wojewodzkie (voivodeships councils; sejmik literally means small Sejm));  

 - elections to the European Parliament in Poland; 

 - national and local referendums