A man prepares his ballot for a parliamentary elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Poland is holding an election Sunday that many see as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation's democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO's eastern flank that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)