A 200‑year‑old voter in Wrocław has been uncovered as part of irregular voting that has prompted the city to file a complaint with prosecution.
Wrocław Citizen’s Budget – “Hard to Explain Rationally”
Poland’s Wrocław council and Ołbin neighbourhood board warned of voting anomalies in the city’s citizen budget, noting patterns that were “difficult to rationally explain.”
Reviewing anonymised voting data released by the municipality, they flagged two projects – “Safe Nadodrze” and “Green Life, Movement Equals Health” – as showing unusual vote distributions.
The data reveal an unnaturally high proportion of votes from people aged 91–100: 407 votes in that age group across the city, with 330 cast on 20 October alone, and over 300 supporting the two projects from that cohort.
A 200‑Year‑Old Casts a Vote
The Ołbin local authorities reported that between 9:30 am and 2:35 pm, 97 votes were cast for the two projects – all of whom claimed to be exactly 97 years old.
Radio Wrocław added that those extraordinary 97‑year‑olds were just the beginning, and that the system also accepted votes from a 200‑year‑old man and a 142‑year‑old woman.
These entries raise questions about the legitimacy of the voting process.
City Office Files Complaint With Prosecutor’s Office
The municipal council announced it would file a complaint with the prosecutor’s office after discovering potentially fraudulent voting patterns.
The city counted more than 60 400 participants in the current year’s vote, choosing 21 projects for implementation.
Investigators flagged possible false PESEL numbers based on voters’ ages, 320 votes originating from one IP address, and only 65 distinct phone numbers used for the two projects (208 and 67). They also noted repeated names and surnames and an over‑representation of 90–99‑year‑olds.
