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Section 93
 

Adjudging requests regarding the central electoral register


(1) Election offices may only approve requests regarding the register if the voter's information listed in the request matches the information in the records of citizens' personal data and addresses and on the register associated with the document proving the voter's Hungarian citizenship.
(1a) Election offices will also approve requests according to Section 84 and 85 in cases where due to:
a) accentuated letter error,
b) variance in the writing style,
c) geographic names indicated in a foreign language,
d) data according to Section 92 (1) a) subpart aa), ab) and ad)
da) in case of multiple given names one gets omitted, or
db) data is indicated in an other language
data does not exactly match the data contained in the citizens name and address register or the data of the document verifying the voters Hungarian citizenship but the identity of the voter can nevertheless be determined without any doubt.
(2) Whether the data of the requester match the data on the register associated with the document proving Hungarian citizenship shall be determined by the National Election Office based on data taken from the central travel document database or the register associated with the document proving the voter's Hungarian citizenship by direct access, or by contacting the authority conducting citizenship procedures.
(3) The authority conducting citizenship procedures shall respond to requests within three days.
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