Legal aspects concerning the need to distinguish between the concepts of “election” and “voting” : state de lege lata and postulates de lege ferenda

The aim of this paper is to prove the thesis that there is a need to distinguish between the terms “election day” and “voting day”. The following research methods will be used in the study: formal and dogmatic – to show the views of representatives of the legal doctrine, historical and legal in order to analyse documents of the National Electoral Commission and judicial decisions. Apart from the literature, the research is based on the sources of law in chronological order, taking into account their hierarchy. On the basis of terminological differences and linguistic inaccuracies in them, the author proposes to amend the law and formulates specific wording of the proposed provisions, expressing the hope that the results of the research will have an impact on the functioning of a legally aware society.