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She could not vote because she was in a wheelchair. The Ombudsman writes to Rafał Trzaskowski on the matter

MedExpress Team

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Published June 28, 2024 07:50

She could not vote because she was in a wheelchair. The Ombudsman writes to Rafał Trzaskowski on the matter - Header image
The Ombudsman was approached by a citizen in a wheelchair who pointed out that she was unable to vote in the European Parliament elections due to the inaccessibility of the polling place.

She was unable to vote in the election because the location of her election commission was changed, and the new location was not accessible to people with disabilities. Before the change, the PEC appropriate to her residence was located in an architecturally accessible premises.

Between the local elections (April 7, 2024) and the elections to the European Parliament (June 9, 2024), the seat of the PEC to which the applicant was assigned changed - something she was unaware of. On election day, after she learned of this change, she went to the PEC No. 709 to which she was assigned. On the spot, it turned out that the polling place was on level -1 and there was no way to reach it other than by narro...

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