Opposition DK wants ‘Ukrainian voter imports’ investigated

The opposition Democratic Coalition will ask notaries of localities in north-eastern Hungary to launch an investigation into suspected fictitious Hungarian addresses claimed by Ukrainians who may have then fraudulently participated in the 2016 Hungarian general election, the deputy group leader of the party said on Tuesday.

The party will first contact officials of 176 localities near the Ukrainian border to investigate how many Ukrainian citizens claimed to have an address in Hungary after having taken up Hungarian citizenship in the region, Ágnes Vadai told a press conference.

Under a government scheme, ethnic Hungarians living beyond the border can apply for Hungarian citizenship. But citizenship does not entitle them to an address which confers to Hungarians living in Hungary the right to vote for both a national list and for an MP candidate in an individual constituency.

Citizenship alone, however, does give Hungarians living in neighbouring countries the right to a postal vote for a national list.