Zobacz wydanie Rok 3/2021  Tom 13  Numer 1 The Ballot Paper: a Constitutional Instrument of Electoral Democracy or a Means of Manipulating the Electorate?
Journal: Krytyka Prawa
Year: 2021

The article portrays the ballot paper as a constitutional instrument of electoral democracy. The authors argue that the result of an election often depends on the form, the content, and the method of filling out the ballot. It is shown that a ballot is an election instrument of standard form, by means of which a voter votes for candidates and/or lists of candidates, and which later allows to establish the election results. It is concluded that the definition and classification of ballot types ha