Election information for the blind and sight-impaired people Main Page / Law / Decrees of the Minister of the Interior Decree6/2004. (2. 24.) BM ofthe Minister of the Interioron the implementation of Act 100 of 1997 on Electoral Procedurein the election of the Members of the European ParliamentOn the grounds of the authorisation pursuant to clauses a) and c)-f) of paragraph (1) of Article 153 of Act 100 of 1997 on Electoral Procedure (hereinafter referred to as "the Procedural Law"), I shall order the following: CHAPTER 1THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ELECTION OFFICES§ 1 (1) Election offices shall be responsible for preparing and conducting the election of the European Parliamentary elections in terms of organisation, management, information technology, pursuant to the provisions set forth under this Decree. (2) The election offices shall
(3) The computer system of the election is based on the administrative network of the Ministry of the Interior, the computer park of the Central Data Processing, Registration and Election Office of the MI (hereinafter referred to as "CO MI"), the administrative offices, document offices, and work stations transferred to settlements not operating a document office and being in contact with the computer centre of the CO MI. The IT tasks shall be carried out under the IT control of CO MI with the contribution of the above listed agencies and bodies. The computer system of the election is run by CO MI with the contribution of the administrative offices. It is the head of the election office that shall make decisions regarding the use of the computers to provide information and not connected to the administrative network of MI. (4) During the election, the local election office (hereinafter referred to as "LEO") of each settlement operating a document office shall carry out computer based data processing. (5) The head of LEO shall decide if they produce the register locally, or with the assistance of another LEO, or that of the CO MI. (6) The head of settlements not operating a document office, having a work station referred to paragraph (3), shall use a computer to aggregate electoral district data, process data sheets and check electoral district minutes in order to report the turnout during the day. (7) The LEO of settlements not operating a document office, not having a work station referred to in paragraph (3) shall use a computer to check data sheets, electoral district minutes (local recording control system), and to aggregate electoral district data in order to report turnout during the day. Solely the head of the regional election office (hereinafter referred to as "REO") may exempt LEO's from using a computer. Local election office§ 2 An independent LEO shall be operated at each settlement. At settlements that belong to a District Recorder's office, the responsibilities of the LEO will be completed by the LEO of the seat settlement. The responsibilities of the local election officeduring the period prior to the day of voting§ 3 (1) The LEO shall
(2) The head of the LEO shall
The responsibilities of the local election officeon the day of voting§ 4 (1) The Keeper of the Minutes acting beside the BCC shall
(2) The LEO shall
The responsibilities of the local election officeon the day after voting§ 5 The LEO shall
Election Office at Foreign representations§ 6 A foreign representation election office (hereinafter referred to as FREO) shall be operated at each foreign representation. The responsibilities of the election office at foreign representationsduring the period prior to the day of voting§ 7 (1) The FREO shall
(2) The head of the FREO shall arrange for a proper polling station and other technical conditions necessary for voting. The responsibilities of the election office at foreign representationson the day of voting§ 8 (1) The Keeper of the Minutes acting beside the BCC at foreign representation shall
(2) The head of the FREO shall
The responsibilities of the election office at foreign representationsafter the day of voting§ 9 The FREO shall ensure that the copy of the minutes setting forth the results of the election which remains at the foreign representation can be inspected, and that the minutes and other election documents are delivered to the NEO. Parliamentary Single Mandate Constituency Election Office§ 10 (1) The LEO of the settlement operating a document office designated, with the agreement of the heads of PSCEO and LEO, by the head of the REO, shall fulfil the responsibilities and shall have the competence determined under this Decree for the PSCEO's. The area of competence of such LEO's shall be defined by the head of the REO, who shall inform the head of the NEO about this. (2) The LEO of the settlement operating a document office shall fulfil the tasks with regard to its own settlement prescribed by the PSCEO's for it. The responsibilities of the parliamentary single mandate constituency election officeduring the period prior to the day of voting§ 11 In addition to the responsibilities set forth under Article 3, the PSCEO shall to the extent of its area of competence fulfil the prescribed data processing and data forwarding tasks. The responsibilities of the parliamentary single mandate constituency election officeon the day of voting§ 12 In addition to the responsibilities set forth under Article 4, the PSCEO shall as a further task
The responsibilities of the parliamentary single mandate constituency election officeafter the day of voting§ 13 In addition to the responsibilities set forth under Article 5, the PSCEO shall as a further task
Regional election office§ 14
The responsibilities of the regional election officeduring the period prior to the day of voting§ 15 (1) The REO shall
(2) The head of REO shall
The responsibilities of the regional election officeon the day of voting§ 16 REO shall
The responsibilities of the regional election officeafter the day of voting§ 17 The REO shall fulfil duties related to receiving and forwarding minutes to the NEO; National Election OfficeThe responsibilities of the National Election Officeduring the period prior to the day of voting§ 18 The NEO shall
ensure that citizens included in the register
of data taken over pursuant to § 48 of Act 113 of 2003 are informed; carry out tasks related to producing, maintaining and updating
registers; electronically receive particulars of European Union citizens
entered in the register through the PSCEO from the LEO;
inform the competent bodies of other EU Member States about
their citizens who are included in the register of the citizens of other EU
Member States registered;
send the head of the LEO particulars of Hungarian citizens
having domicile within its area of competence who have indicated in another EU
Member State that they intend to exercise their right to vote in that State;
electronically receive registers at foreign representations
through the PSCEO from the LEO; process the particulars of the voters included
in such registers separately for each foreign representation;
receive particulars of members and alternate members of ballot
counting committees operated at foreign representations entered additionally
in the register; update the register at foreign representations on the basis
of such data, print and authenticate them separately for each foreign
representation;
fulfil tasks related to the notification and registration of
nominating organisations and lists and candidates;
inform the competent bodies of EU Member States about their
citizens who have been registered by the NEC as candidates;
receive the notification of members delegated to NEC, arrange
for their administration of an oath, publish the names of the members of NEC
and the head of NEO and the address of the office of NEO in the Official
Gazette of Hungary;
check the right to vote of persons proposed for members and
alternate members of ballot counting committees operated at foreign
representations;
arrange for the administration of an oath of the members and
alternate members of ballot counting committees operated at foreign
representations who take an oath in the presence of the Chairman of the NEC;
develop professional information brochures, guides, hold
professional meetings, arrange nationwide training;
organise management and technical pilot runs;
fulfil tasks related to informing voters on a national level;
determine the order of reporting and checking the completion
of various tasks;
arrange for the production and transportation of central
printed matters necessary for the election;
through the CO MI, arrange for the development, installation
and operation of the preparatory systems, the information providing system,
the ballot aggregating computer system; the availability of the remote data
processing network as well as the operation of the central aggregating and
information providing systems;
in co-operation with the Ministry of the Interior, arrange for
the travelling of members and alternate members of BCC's operated at foreign
representations. § 19 (1) The NEO shall receive and aggregate informative data generated during the
day, and publish them;
inform NEC regarding extraordinary events occurred during
the day;
receive the results of elections at foreign representations
from heads of FREO and record them in the computer system;
continuously inform the public. (2) NEO shall operate the national election centre, and inform
NEC about the preliminary results of the election. § 20 NEO shall receive electoral district minutes before 04:00 p.m. on the
second day after voting, and minutes made of the results of elections at
foreign representations as they arrive; and carry out data processing tasks
ordered by the head of the NEO;
provide NEC with data with a view to ascertain and publish
the results of the election;
develop statistics, statements;
forward reserves submitted against the decision of the NEC
on the results of the elections to the Supreme Court;
ensure that the results of the elections are published in
the Official Gazette of Hungary;
operate, through CO MI, the system indicating the
probability of electoral abuse. CHAPTER 2ARRANGEMENT OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS§ 21
§ 22 Outside the period and apart from the point of time set forth in paragraph (1) § 21, the head of the LEO shall monitor changes affecting the way how electoral districts are set up, modify the arrangement of electoral districts accordingly, and, with the contribution of the PSCEO and the REO, ensure, pursuant to paragraph (2) § 21, that the central electoral district register is updated. CLOSING PROVISIONS§ 23 The tasks related to the registration of suffrage are set forth in Annex 1 of this Decree; the entering of nominating organisations, lists and candidates in the register in Annex 2 hereof; the report made during the day on turnout and extraordinary events in Annex 3 hereof; the preliminary aggregation of ballots in Annex 4 hereof; the aggregation of ballots in Annex 5 hereof; the list and samples of printed matters to be used obligatorily in Annex 6 hereof. § 24 This Decree shall come into force on the day it is promulgated, and shall be repealed on 31 December 2004. (Dr. Mónika Lamperth) Back to the Main Page |