Egyutt calls for amending election rules for ethnic Hungarians

Budapest, November 1 (MTI) – The opposition Egyutt party has called for an amendment to the law pertaining to the voting rights of ethnic Hungarians without a permanent address in Hungary, saying that under the current law tens of thousands of election ballots sent out to voters in 2018 could become “untraceable”.

Earlier this week, the National Election Office (NVI) said that it would send letters to more than 200,000 Hungarians living beyond the border asking them to notify NVI of any change of address.

The party noted that under the election law, registrations of ethnic Hungarians are valid for ten years, allowing tens of thousands of people to vote in the 2018 election without having to register again, regardless of whether or not their addresses change over the four years.

Egyutt said that with the current law in place, tens of thousands of ballots will become untraceable, potentially leaving the door open for “mass voter fraud”. The party has called on the government to order NVI to suspend the updating of its database

The ruling Fidesz party responded saying that “the left would admit an unlimited number of migrants to Hungary, but it still doesn’t like Hungarians living beyond the border”. They said NVI wants to update its database to make sure that its list of addresses belonging to ethnic Hungarians is “up to date and accurate”.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters