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Section 8
 

(1) A voter may propose multiple candidates or lists per nomination type  but may accept nomination only in one settlement, capital district, and county.


(2) In the individual election system a voter may accept maximum one mayor, one individual list and one county candidacy simultaneously.


(3) In the mixed election system  a voter:


a) may accept maximum one single mandate constituency, one compensatory list and one county list candidacy simultaneously, outside the capital,


b) one single mandate, one compensatory list and one capital city compensatory list candidacy simultaneously, in the capital,


c) if the candidate obtains a mandate in Budapest both from the capital city compensatory list and the district compensatory list, then in 3 days from the election the candidate shall make a statement which one s/he accepts. The candidate shall be deleted from the list from where s/he did not accept a mandate.


(4) In the mixed election system  a candidate for mayor:


a) may accept one single mandate constituency, one compensatory list and one county list candidacy simultaneously, outside the capital,


b) one single mandate constituency, one compensatory list and one capital city list candidacy simultaneously, in the capital


(5) Candidates for Lord Mayor may accept only capital city compensatory list candidacy.


(6) Voters shall not be candidates on capital city list and county list simultaneously. Voters shall not be candidates on county list and in a city with county rights simultaneously. Voters shall not be candidate on county list and candidate for mayor in a city with county rights simultaneously.


(7) One nominating organisation may put forward only one candidate in one single mandate constituency.