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Location Year of election Election type Recommendation # in final report Type of recommendation Thematic area Secondary thematic area Type of change required Status of implementation Comment
Poland 2025 LEOM Presidential
To enhance professionalism of the lower-level election administration and ensure consistent implementation of election day procedures, standardized mandatory and comprehensive training could be considered for all PEC members. Consideration could be given to organizing additional training between the two rounds.
Recommendation # in final report: 11
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Election Administration
Secondary thematic area: Election Day
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Administration
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Poland 2025 LEOM Presidential
Continuous efforts should be made in close co-operation with disabled persons’ organizations, to ensure persons with disabilities can vote autonomously, including ensuring the premises and layout of polling stations are suitable for independent access and providing electoral information in formats accessible to persons with different types of disabilities.
Recommendation # in final report: 12
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Secondary thematic area: Election Administration
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Administration
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Poland 2025 LEOM Presidential
To enhance the integrity of the process, additional measures should be taken to protect the secrecy of the ballot and prevent group voting including by enforcing legislation, training PEC members accordingly, and improving voter education.
Recommendation # in final report: 13
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Election Administration
Secondary thematic area: Election Day
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Administration
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Poland 2025 LEOM Presidential
The law should provide that ballots are considered valid as long as the intention of the voter is clear and unambiguous. Consideration could be given to provide for a replacement ballot to be issued when a voter makes a mistake when marking the ballot.
Recommendation # in final report: 14
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Legal Framework
Secondary thematic area: Election Administration
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Election Administration
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Poland 2025 LEOM Presidential
All restrictions on the electoral rights of persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities should be removed in line with international obligations.
Recommendation # in final report: 15
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Voter Registration
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Voter Registration
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Poland 2025 LEOM Presidential
Consideration could be given to exploring measures to improve the process of support signature collection and verification to enhance its integrity, transparency and accuracy, including via electronic submission of candidacy nomination and signature collection.
Recommendation # in final report: 16
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area: Election Administration
Type of change required: Sub-legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Candidate Registration
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Poland 2025 LEOM Presidential
To ensure effective implementation of the rules, the Digital Services Co-ordinator should be vested with a comprehensive mandate to co-ordinate institutional efforts, ensure coherence in responses to digital risks and threats, and enhance transparency around the measures taken, including in an electoral context.
Recommendation # in final report: 17
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Campaign Environment
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Poland 2025 LEOM Presidential
To enhance safeguards against public insult and incitement to hatred, the grounds for protection in the Criminal Code should be expanded to cover a wider range of vulnerable groups. Political actors should refrain from using discriminatory language and continue to publicly and resolutely denounce its use in campaign discourse.
Recommendation # in final report: 18
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Campaign Environment
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Poland 2025 LEOM Presidential
To enable meaningful participation, contestants should ensure that campaign events, programmes, information, and materials are accessible to persons with various disabilities, including through appropriate formats and communication methods.
Recommendation # in final report: 19
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Secondary thematic area: Campaign
Type of change required: Practice
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Campaign Environment
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Poland 2025 LEOM Presidential
To ensure an effective and cohesive response to disinformation, foreign interference, and cyber threats, authorities could adopt a comprehensive national strategic framework for protecting the digital environment. The strategy could outline clear institutional responsibilities, establish co-ordination mechanisms, enshrine transparency guarantees, and foster co-operation with civil society.
Recommendation # in final report: 20
Type of recommendation: Other
Thematic area: Campaign
Secondary thematic area: Legal Framework
Type of change required: Sub-legal
Status of implementation: Not evaluated
Final report heading: Campaign Environment
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