Decree 3/2006. ( VII.26.) ÖTM of the Minister
of Municipalities and Regional Development on determining the procedural terms
and deadlines of the elections of the representatives and mayors of local
governments and
the representatives of minority municipalities of settlements
called for 1 October 2006
On the grounds of the authorisation granted pursuant to Section § 153 (1) b) of Act C of 1997 on Electoral Procedure (hereinafter referred to as “the Procedural Act”), with respect to determining the procedural terms and deadlines calculated according to calendar days of the elections of the representatives and mayors of local governments and the representatives of minority municipalities of settlements called for 1 October 2006, I shall order the following:
I. The election of the representatives and mayors of local governments
The registration of the right to vote
§ 1 (1) The register shall be publicly displayed from 2 August to 9
August 2006 [Section §14 (1) of the Procedural Act].
(2) Reserves may be submitted because of omission or deletion from or having
been entered in the register from 2 August to 04:00 p.m. 9 August 2006 [Section
§20/E. § (1) of the Procedural Act].
(3) The notice on having been entered in the register together with the proposal
coupon shall be sent to the voters between 31 July and 4 August 2006 [Section
§14. (1) and §46 (1) of the Procedural Act].
(4) Certificates may be applied for either personally or via a delegate before
4:00 p.m. 29 September 2006, and by registered mail in such fashion that the
letter shall have arrived at the competent local election office before 26
September 2006. Certificates may be issued the latest on 29 September 2006. [Section
§104 (4) of the Procedural Act].
(5) The modified register may be inspected before 4:00 p.m. 29 September 2006 at
the mayor’s office [Section § 15 (3) of the Procedural Act].
Establishing election bodies
§ 2 (1) The members elected into the local election committee and the
necessary number of alternate members may be elected before 11 August 2006 [Section
§23 (2) of the Procedural Act].
(2) The delegated members of the election committees may be notified by
nominating organisations who put forward candidates or set up lists in the
constituency, or by independent candidates before 4:00 p.m. 22 September 2006 [Section
§25 (2) of the Procedural Act].
Election campaign
§ 3 (1) The election campaign shall last until 12:00 p.m. 29 September
2006 [Section §40 (1) of the Procedural act].
(2) No campaign shall be pursued from 0:00 a.m. 30 September to 7:00 p.m. 1
October 2006 [Section §40 (2) of the Procedural Act].
(3) The central office for particulars and address registration will provide
candidates, nominating organisations, at their request, with the first and
family names, and address of voters indicated in the register from 12 September
2006 [Section §45 (1) of the Procedural Act].
(4) The copy of the register publicly displayed shall be delivered by the head
of the local election office at the request of the candidates, nominating
organisations from 12 September 2006 [Section §45 (2) of the Procedural Act].
(5) Local public service broadcasters shall at least once, free of charge
publish the political advertisements of nominating organisations and candidates
for mayor in proportion to the nomination, or the setting up of lists, from 16
September to 28 September 2006 [Section §106 (1) of the Procedural Act]
(6) The results of public opinion polls related to the elections shall not be
published from 23 September to 7:00 p.m. 1 October 2006 [Section §8 (1) of the
Procedural Act]
(7) National public service broadcasters shall on 29 September 2006 publish the
election summary of the eight nominating organisations which have put forward
the most candidates and candidates for mayor according to the nationally
aggregated results [Section §106 (2) of the Procedural Act].
(8). The data provided under the supply of data pursuant to Sections (5)-(6)
shall be annihilated the latest on 1 October 2006. The minutes made out thereof
shall be handed over to the provider of such data before 4 October 2006 [Section
§45 (3) of the Procedural Act].
(9) Posters shall be removed by those who have placed them or on behalf of whom
they have been placed before 31 October 2006 [Section §42 (6) of the Procedural
Act].
Nomination
§ 4 (1) The election offices shall operate the computer system for
proposing candidates from 4 August 2006 [Section §38 (1) f) of the Procedural
Act].
(2) Candidates, county lists may be proposed before 4:00 p.m. 8 September 2006 [Sections
§46 (3) and §107 (1) of the Procedural Act].
(3) Candidates may be notified at the competent election committee before 4:00
p.m. 8 September 2006 [Section §52 (1) of the Procedural Act].
(4) County lists and the candidates indicated thereon may be notified to the
regional election committee before 4:00 p.m. 8 September 2006 [Sections §52 (1)
and §107 (1) of the Procedural Act].
(5) Compensation lists and the candidates indicated thereon may be notified
before 4:00 p.m. 11 September 2006, and the metropolitan lists and the
candidates indicated thereon before 4:00 p.m. 12 September 2006 [Section §107
(2) of the Procedural Act].
(6) If a voter has been proposed for candidate at several places within a single
type of nomination, s/he shall declare before 4:00 p.m. 12 September 2006 which
nomination s/he accepts [Section §57 of the Procedural Act].
(7) Proposal coupons not submitted shall be annihilated by candidates, or
nominating organisations before 4:00 p.m. 11 September 2006. The minutes made
thereof shall be handed over to the election committee before 4:00 p.m. 14
September 20065 [Section §60 of the Procedural Act].
(8) Proposal coupons and the technical registration shall be annihilated by the
competent election office on 1 October 2006 [Section §59 (3) of the Procedural
Act].
Aggregating ballots
§ 5 (1) On the grounds of the minutes issued by the ballot counting
committees, the competent election committee shall aggregate ballots before 2
October 2006, and determine the election results [Section §73 (2) of the
Procedural Act].
(2) A copy of the electoral district minutes may be inspected at the competent
election office until 4:00 p.m. 4 October 2006 [Section §75 (2) of the
Procedural Act].
(3) The ballot papers shall be preserved at the mayor’s office until 30 December
2006. After 30 December 2006, the election documents, except for the minutes,
shall be annihilated [Section §75 (3) of the Procedural Act].
(4) The minutes shall be handed over to the competent archives on 30 December
2006 [Section §75 (4) of the Procedural Act].
II. The election of the representatives of minority municipalities of settlements
Calling the elections
6. § The election of the representatives of minority municipalities shall be called until 28 July 2006. [Section §115/C. of the Procedural Act].
Establishing the election bodies
7. § The delegated members of the local election committees may be notified by minority nominating organisations the latest before 4:00 p.m. 22 September 2006 [Section §25 (2) of the Procedural Act].
Election campaign
8. § (1) The election campaign shall last until 12:00 p.m. 29
September 2006 [Section §40 (1) of the Procedural Act].
(2) No campaign shall be pursued from 0:00 a.m. 30 September to 7:00 p.m. 1
October 2006 [Section §40 (2) of the Procedural Act].
(3) The results of public opinion polls related to the elections shall not be
published from 23 September to 7:00 p.m. 1 October 2006 [Section §8 (1) of the
Procedural Act].
(4) Posters shall be removed by those who have placed them or on behalf of whom
they have been placed before 31 October 2006 [Section §42 (6) of the Procedural
Act].
Nomination
9. § Candidates may be notified at the competent election committee before 4:00 p.m. 8 September 2006 [Section §52 (1) of the Procedural Act].
Aggregating ballots
10. § (1) On the grounds of the minutes issued by the ballot counting
committees, the competent election committee shall aggregate ballots before 2
October 2006, and determine the election results [Section §73 (3) of the
Procedural Act].
(2) A copy of the electoral district minutes may be inspected at the competent
election office until 4:00 p.m. 4 October 2006 [Section §75 (2) of the
Procedural Act].
(3) The ballot papers shall be preserved at the mayor’s office until 30 December
2006. After 30 December 2006, the election documents, except for the minutes,
shall be annihilated [Section §75 (3) of the Procedural Act].
(4) The minutes shall be handed over to the competent archives on 30 December
2006 [Section §75 (4) of the Procedural Act].
11. § (1) This Decree shall enter into force on the day it is promulgated.
(2) Simultaneously with this Decree entering into force, the Decree 46/1998. (X.
21.) BM of the Minister of the Interior on the procedural order of the election
of metropolitan and national minority municipalities shall become null and void.
(Dr. Mónika Lamperth)