%0 Journal Article
%T The phenomenon of invalid votes in elections to regional assemblies in 2014 on the basis of voting paper studies at the National Archive in Kielce
%A Szczepański, Dominik
%J Public Management
%V 2019
%R 10.4467/20843968ZP.19.024.11944
%N Issue 4 (48)
%P 339-349
%K invalid votes, local government elections, provincial council, polling of ballot papers
%@ 1896-0200
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-publiczne/article/zjawisko-glosow-niewaznych-w-wyborach-do-sejmikow-wojewodztw-w-2014-roku-na-podstawie-badan-kart-wyborczych-z-archiwum-panstwowego-w-kielcach
%X 
	The aim of the article is the analysis of invalid votes in elections to regional assemblies in 2014, done on the basis of the studies of voting papers at the National Archives in Kielce. The studies were undertaken within the research project called ‘Your voice, your choice’, conducted by the Stefan Batory Foundation in collaboration with the National Electoral Office, National Electoral Commission and the Head Office of National Archives. The analysis encompassed 29 electoral districts that included: 10 electoral districts from the Lesser-Poland Voivodeship, 7 from the Lublin Voivodeship and 6 from the świetokrzyskie Voivodeship. Apart from indicating the reason for the occurrence of invalid votes in elections to regional assemblies, a detailed classification of the abovementioned votes was provided, that included the division into votes with an extra ‘x’ signs, null votes, votes with signs different than ‘x’, votes with multiple ‘x’ signs and strikethroughs, protest votes and the so- called distinct votes. On this basis a characteristic of territorial variation of these votes was provided.