Poczta Polska successfully handled the postal part of the presidential elections
The success of Poczta Polska is illustrated by the numbers. The company accepted nearly 200,000 election packages for delivery in the second round of the presidential election and 174,000 in the first. Processing them required the efficiency and dedication of its employees, as well as the availability of specialized equipment.
Poczta Polska delivered a total of nearly 374,000 election packages during both rounds of the presidential election. The following entities were involved in both rounds:
- in delivering packages to over 12,000 of our employees,
- nearly 3.7 thousand employees emptied postal mailboxes on pre-election Saturdays, and the same number of people were involved in the work of post offices on election weekends in order to prepare material for delivery to the District Electoral Commissions,
- over 4.7 thousand employees participated in delivering return envelopes with voters’ votes or uncollected election packages to individual electoral districts,
- When handling postal voting, Post Office employees used nearly 4.7 thousand motor vehicles used to carry out tasks related to postal voting.
The distribution of voting packages throughout Poland ended on July 10 of this year. Their delivery took place in accordance with the deadlines resulting from generally applicable regulations.
On July 12, return envelopes and election packages were delivered to 14,567 District Election Commissions (DECs). According to the estimates, 25,433 District Election Commissions (DECs) were to be served, but due to a lack of return envelopes and election packages for some of these commissions – due to a lack of mail-in voting applications within their jurisdictions – they did not require dedicated processing by Poczta Polska employees.
"Poczta Polska, as the national postal operator, remains ready to carry out tasks similar to handling elections by mail. The company is prepared for such special events and is carrying them out very well. Another example of this type of activity is the delivery of tests for high school final exams, eighth-grade exams, vocational school exams, and so-called law exams. These shipments must reach specific locations within a specific, non-standard timeframe. I also thank our employees for their commitment and for fulfilling this very responsible task, " said Tomasz Zdzikot, President of the Management Board of Poczta Polska.
Postal workers who delivered packages to people in quarantine during the presidential election were equipped with FFP2 masks and protective gowns in addition to their standard pandemic protective equipment. People with disabilities and those in quarantine had the opportunity to drop packages into a special mobile mailbox.
Election packages were dispatched by municipal offices exclusively as registered mail. They were marked with a special "Przesyłka Wyborcza" (Election Delivery) imprint. Distribution took place in electoral package distribution committees, consisting of a postman and a team member. Similarly, return envelopes and electoral packages were delivered to the District Election Commission (DEC) on election day by two-person teams.